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Akatsuki Kakeya

あかつき カケヤ

Akatsuki Kakeya

Pen Names: Akatsuki Kakeya（Pen name used as a light novel author）

Profile

Gender
Unknown
Nationality
Japan
Languages
Japanese

Career

Occupations
writer, novelist
Active Years
2011-

Awards

5th Shogakukan Light Novel Award (Gagaga Bunko division) — Excellence Award
2011
Work: There Is a Fatal Misalignment with You
Category: ガガガ文庫部門
Organization: Shogakukan
Result: 優秀賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

There Is a Fatal Misalignment with You

2011 Suspense

A suspense novel centered on high school student Katsuya Umisato, who wakes up in the infirmary and struggles with hallucinations and 'letters of misfortune' after losing his childhood memories in a past accident. Everyday life and unsettling events intersect as the story unfolds.

memory losshallucinationyouthmystery
Adaptations
  • [Audiobook] There Is a Fatal Misalignment with You (Audiobook) (2022)

Bibliography

  • Akatsuki Kakeya (author) / Akira Banpai (illustration), 'Kimi to wa Chimeiteki na Zure ga Aru', Shogakukan (Gagaga Bunko), 2011-05-18. ISBN 978-4-09-451269-4

Adaptations

  • Audiobook release of 'There Is a Fatal Misalignment with You' (distribution began 2022-12-20)

Style & Themes

Literary Style
Focus on psychological descriptionUse of narrative tricks that subvert reader expectations
Recurring Motifs
the red-ogre hallucinationletters of misfortunelost memories

Legacy

The work won the Excellence Award in the 5th Shogakukan Light Novel Award (Gagaga Bunko division) and was praised for its suspense and strong writing. Its unsettling aftertaste and narrative tricks have drawn attention.

Quotes

  • I felt the strongest writing power. It thoroughly misleads the reader — in a good way. The ending might be a happy ending for the protagonist, but it doesn't feel finished at all, and you wonder if everything was just manipulated by the psychiatrist; an unsettling aftertaste.
    Source: Jun Maeda (guest judge, 5th Shogakukan Light Novel Award) (2011)

Trivia

  • The submission title at the time of the award was 'From ~ A Certain Letter of Misfortune'.
  • The audiobook version began distribution on 2022-12-20.