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第9回（2023年） grand prize
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Ameana
ペンネーム:
Ameana（Pen name used for web media, YouTube and published works）
プロフィール
- 性別
- 不明
- 国籍
- Japan
- 言語
- Japanese
経歴
- 職業
- web writer, novelist, YouTuber
受賞・候補エディション
作品
代表作
Strange Pictures
2022年 Mystery 285ページA linked short-story mystery originally tied to web articles and YouTube videos. Comprised of multiple chapters following different perspectives, it centers on puzzles hidden in paintings and interweaves disappearances and a murder around those artworks.
paintingspuzzle-solvingdisappearancehorror
映像化・舞台化
- [Manga] Strange Pictures (Manga) / 相羽紀行 (2024)
- [Video] Can You Solve the Trick in This Picture? 'Strange Pictures' Chapter 1 / 雨穴（YouTube投稿） (2023)
翻訳
- Strange Pictures (English translation, 2025)
全著作
- Strange Pictures (2022, Futabasha)
- Hen na ie (previous work; publication date unknown)
翻案
- Manga adaptation (art by Noriyuki Aiba; serialized in Manga Action and Comic Seymour)
- YouTube tie-in videos (posted by the author)
作品の翻訳
- Strange Pictures (English edition, released 2025)
作風・主題
- 文体
- visual puzzle-driven narrationchapter-by-chapter perspective shiftsplain, direct prose
- 頻出モチーフ
- paintingsdisappearancerecollectionvisual tricks
評価・遺産
Originally a web-originated story novelized for print, the work expanded via YouTube and manga adaptation. By October 2024 it surpassed one million copies in cumulative sales and has seen media expansion including an English edition and manga.
大衆文化への影響
- High view counts on YouTube; notable as an internet-origin mystery
- Cross-media expansion including manga adaptation and magazine serialization
豆知識
- By October 2024 cumulative sales exceeded one million copies (reported).
- The Chapter 1 YouTube video had over four million views as of March 2024 (figures vary by source).
- An English translation, 'Strange Pictures', was published in the UK and US in January 2025.