The Part-Time Cosplayer Librarian Has the Worst Luck

If I'm guilty, let the law punish me. Don't make me stay here, staring at some walking lump of black sludge.

The librarian sighed at the sky.

Dazai Osamu, who couldn't understand Chinese: ?

The librarian works at a library. He's 24, in the prime of his life, and enjoys cosplaying as much as he enjoys reading the works of famous authors. He's also a formidable fighter.

But the library has far too much work, which leads to scenes like these:

In front of the camera, the librarian looks stunning, capturing the very soul of every character he cosplays.

Behind the camera, he works himself to the bone, transforming into a master of hand-rolled rice balls in the cafeteria.

By day, he acts like a well-behaved librarian around all the authors and chats with them.

By night, he sends his assistant away and works on making one-to-one replicas of the authors' costumes in the librarian's office...

Sure, it's exhausting, but it's fulfilling, isn't it? Working himself to the bone for the authors every day is no problem at all~

That's what the librarian wrote in his diary.

Then the next day, he woke up in a strange world, looked down, and saw that he was still wearing his cosplay outfit of Master Izumi Kyoka.

Librarian: No need to panic. It's nothing. No big deal.

The next second, gunshots rang out.

Librarian: ?

Life might be a little dangerous, but at least literature could make the world a richer place. The librarian forced a laugh as he walked into a bookstore, only to find that the literary scene in this world's Japan was a complete battlefield, in utter ruin.

Librarian: ?

So the authors had simply traded their pens for weapons. No need to panic. Just watch me show off and recite all the authors' works from memory!

A few days later, a criminal organization came after him. Looking at the armed thugs chasing him, the librarian could only feel exasperated.

Enough is enough.

This godforsaken, chaotic world full of troublemakers had to be messing with him, right?! Did they really think he was a helpless little rabbit?!!

The librarian snapped and fought back, casually taking down the last lackey. He wiped the blood someone had spat on his face, then turned to leave in style, only to collide with a little brat wrapped in bandages.

The brat tried to trick him and even claimed his name was Dazai Osamu.

Before he could express his shock, his consciousness was pulled into a blank space. A white-covered 'Book' slowly opened, with the words: I am the Book.

Librarian: At least I'm not blind.

The 'Book' explained the world to him. Once he understood everything, the librarian thought: Japan really does have one disaster after another.

The 'Book': ...

Shouldn't you be more worried about your own predicament?

The librarian, now familiar with the general premise of the world

I recommend another story, The Librarian Is Still Running on Empty.

In short, it's about a guardian who escapes a corrupted sword's pursuit, ends up at a library, and becomes its new librarian. It features elements from Touken Ranbu, Bungo Stray Dogs, and Bungo and Alchemist.

See the author's page for details.

Theme: Protecting the world is everyone's responsibility