Tainted Books

Introduction

Tainted Books (有碍書, yuugaisho) are books that have been taken over by Taints. Delve into the books to purify them. Each book has its author as a reward. Full list of the writers can be found here.

To see old list of tainted books that were removed from the game on July 28, 2021, head over here.

Tainted Books List

い

I-series

No.

Book Title

Rec. Element

1

黴
Mold by Tokuda Shuusei

2

むらぎも
In the Depths of the Heart by Nakano Shigeharu

3

青春の逆説
The Paradox of Youth by Oda Sakunosuke

4

西班牙犬の家
The House of a Spanish Dog by Satou Haruo

ろ

RO-series

No.

Book Title

Rec. Element

1

風立ちぬ
The Wind Has Risen by Hori Tatsuo

2

縮図
Miniature by Tokuda Shuusei

3

多情多恨
Tears and Regrets by Ozaki Kouyou

4

五重塔
The Five-Storied Pagoda by Kouda Rohan

は

HA-series

No.

Book Title

Rec. Element

1

其面影
An Adopted Husband by Futabatei Shimei

2

不在地主
Absentee Landlord by Kobayashi Takiji

3

梨の花
Pear Blossoms by Nakano Shigeharu

4

太陽のない街
The Sunless Street by Tokunaga Sunao

に

NI-series

No.

Book Title

Rec. Element

1

邪宗門
Heretics by Kitahara Hakushuu

2

酒ほがひ
Revelry by Yoshii Isamu

3

悲しき玩具
Sad Toys by Ishikawa Takuboku

4

海の声
Voice of the Sea by Wakayama Bokusui

ほ

HO-series

No.

Book Title

Rec. Element

1

こゝろ
Kokoro by Natsume Souseki

2

高瀬舟
The Boat on the Takase River by Mori Ougai

3

歌よみに与ふる書
Letter to a Tanka Poet by Masaoka Shiki

4

当世書生気質
Portraits of Contemporary Students by Tsubouchi Shouyou

へ

HE-series

No.

Book Title

Rec. Element

1

山羊の歌
Poems of the Goat by Nakahara Chuuya

2

殉情詩集
Lyrical Poems by Satou Haruo

3

土曜夫人
Madam Saturday by Oda Sakunosuke

4

風博士
Professor Wind by Sakaguchi Ango

と

TO-series

No.

Book Title

Rec. Element

1

ふらんす物語
French Stories by Nagai Kafuu

2

城の崎にて
At Kinosaki by Shiga Naoya

3

河童
Kappa by Akutagawa Ryuunosuke

4

斜陽
The Setting Sun by Dazai Osamu

ち

CHI-series

No.

Book Title

Rec. Element

1

カインの末裔
The Descendants of Cain by Arishima Takeo

2

和解
Reconciliation by Shiga Naoya

3

多情仏心
Passions and Piety by Satomi Ton

4

白樺
White Birch by Mushanokouji Saneatsu

り

RI-series

No.

Book Title

Rec. Element

1

短歌歳時記
Tanka Saijiki by Yoshii Isamu

2

父帰る
Father Returns by Kikuchi Kan

3

小説神髄
The Essence of the Novel by Tsubouchi Shouyou

4

受験生の手記
Notes of a Student Examinee by Kume Masao

ぬ

NU-series

No.

Book Title

Rec. Element

1

日輪
The Sun by Yokomitsu Riichi

2

甲乙丙丁
ABCD by Nakano Shigeharu

3

菜穂子
Naoko by Hori Tatsuo

4

雪国
Snow Country by Kawabata Yasunari

る

RU-series

No.

Book Title

Rec. Element

1

真珠夫人
Madam Pearl by Kikuchi Kan

2

蜘蛛の糸
Spider's Thread by Akutagawa Ryuunosuke

3

父の死
Father's Death by Kume Masao

4

真実一路
Towards the Truth by Yamamoto Yuuzou

を

WO-series

No.

Book Title

Rec. Element

1

ごん狐
Gon the Little Fox by Niimi Nankichi

2

赤い蝋燭と人魚
Red Candles and the Mermaid by Ogawa Bimei

3

千鳥
The Plover by Suzuki Miekichi

4

銀河鉄道の夜
Night on the Galactic Railroad by Miyazawa Kenji

わ

WA-series

No.

Book Title

Rec. Element

1

赤光
Red Lights by Saitou Mokichi

2

野菊の墓
A Grave of a Wild Chrysanthemum by Itou Sachio

3

病牀六尺
A Sixfoot Sickbed by Masaoka Shiki

4

ほととぎす
Cuckoo by Kawahigashi Hekigotou

か

KA-series

No.

Book Title

Rec. Element

1

隣の嫁
Next-Door Bride by Itou Sachio

2

仰臥漫録
Stray Notes While Lying on My Back by Masaoka Shiki

3

吾輩は猫である
I am a Cat by Natsume Souseki

4

ほととぎす
Cuckoo by Takahama Kyoshi

よ

YO-series

No.

Book Title

Rec. Element

1

宮本武蔵
Miyamoto Musashi by Yoshikawa Eiji

2

日本雑録
A Japanese Miscellany by Koizumi Yakumo

3

怪人二十面相
The Fiend with Twenty Faces by Edogawa Ranpo

4

山月記
The Moon over the Mountain by Nakajima Atsushi

た

TA-series

No.

Book Title

Rec. Element

1

桐一葉
A Paulownia Leaf by Tsubouchi Shouyou

2

平凡
Mediocrity by Futabatei Shimei

3

伽羅枕
The Perfumed Pillow by Ozaki Kouyou

4

いちご姫
Strawberry Princess by Yamada Bimyou

れ

RE-series

No.

Book Title

Rec. Element

1

刺青
The Tattooer by Tanizaki Junichirou

2

破船
Shipwreck by Kume Masao

3

不如帰
The Cuckoo by Tokutomi Roka

4

羅生門
Rashoumon by Akutagawa Ryuunosuke

そ

SO-series

No.

Book Title

Rec. Element

1

明暗
Light and Darkness by Natsume Souseki

2

無名作家の日記
Diary of an Unknown Writer by Kikuchi Kan

3

路傍の石
A Stone by the Roadside by Yamamoto Yuuzou

4

第四次新思潮
The Fourth Generation of Neo-Thought by Matsuoka Yuzuru

つ

TSU-series

No.

Book Title

Rec. Element

1

ジョン万次郎漂流記
John Manjirou the Castaway by Ibuse Masuji

2

第百階級
The Hundredth Estate by Kusano Shinpei

3

都会の憂鬱
Rural Melancholy by Satou Haruo

4

グッド・バイ
Goodbye by Dazai Osamu

ね

NE-series

No.

Book Title

Rec. Element

1

堕落論
Discourse on Decadence by Sakaguchi Ango

2

俗臭
Vulgarity by Oda Sakunosuke

3

在りし日の歌
Songs of Bygone Days by Nakahara Chuuya

4

火宅の人
Man of a Burning House by Dan Kazuo

な

NA-series

No.

Book Title

Rec. Element

1

新世帯
The New Household by Tokuda Shuusei

2

田舎教師
Country Teacher by Tayama Katai

3

独歩集
Doppo Poetry by Kunikida Doppo

4

若菜集
Collection of Young Herbs by Shimazaki Touson

ら

RA-series

No.

Book Title

Rec. Element

1

あめりか物語
American Stories by Nagai Kafuu

2

何処へ
Whither? by Masamune Hakuchou

3

耽溺
Indulgence by Iwano Houmei

4

文學界
Literary World by Kitamura Toukoku

む

MU-series

No.

Book Title

Rec. Element

1

南国太平記
Chronicles of the Peaceful South by Naoki Sanjuugo

2

冥途
Realm of the Dead by Uchida Hyakken

3

地上
On the Earth by Shimada Seijirou

4

大菩薩峠
The Great Bodhisattva Pass by Nakazato Kaizan

う

U-series

No.

Book Title

Rec. Element

1

禽獣
Of Birds and Beasts by Kawabata Yasunari

2

黒い雨
Black Rain by Ibuse Masuji

3

李太白
Li Bai by Satou Haruo

4

走れメロス
Run, Melos! by Dazai Osamu