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Edition 3 (2011, held 2 times in year) encouragement award
Masami Morokuchi
もろくち まさみ
Morokuchi Masami
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- Hokkaido, Japan
- Nationality
- Japan
- Languages
- Japanese
- Residence History
- Resident of Hokkaido, Japan
Career
- Occupations
- Novelist, Light novel author
- Active Years
- 2005-2020
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Genro (Genro Award) — Encouragement Prize (Novel Division) | Clump,Clump | 小説部門 | Genro Award Committee | 奨励賞 |
| 2016 | Kakuyomu Web Novel Contest — Special Prize | Toyo no Kuni no Amaterasu | Web小説コンテスト | Kakuyomu Contest Committee | 特別賞 |
Genro (Genro Award) — Encouragement Prize (Novel Division)
2011
Work:
Clump,Clump
Category:
小説部門
Organization:
Genro Award Committee
Result:
奨励賞
Kakuyomu Web Novel Contest — Special Prize
2016
Work:
Toyo no Kuni no Amaterasu
Category:
Web小説コンテスト
Organization:
Kakuyomu Contest Committee
Result:
特別賞
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Scorpion (Legend Hunting series)
2005 Light novel / FantasyThe first volume of an action-oriented light novel series dealing with legends and strange phenomena.
fantasyactionlegends
Antares
2006 Light novel / with SF elementsA longer work emphasizing worldbuilding, containing elements akin to doujin-style creativity.
worldbuildingsci-fidrama
Toyo no Kuni no Amaterasu
2017 Light novel / FantasyA work awarded a special prize in the Kakuyomu contest and later published; noted for its distinctive world and character depiction.
fantasyhuman drama
Higyaku no Noel Movement1 vow revenge
2017 Light novel / Dark fantasyThe first volume of a dark-themed series with consistently tense developments.
revengedark fantasy
Are you Alice? The World You Turn (contributing work)
2010 Light novel / FantasyAn example of involvement in the Bunko editions of an original work by Ninomiya Ai; part of a collaboratively produced series.
Alice motiffantasy
Bibliography
- Scorpion (Legend Hunting series)
- Antares
- Kurokamakiri: Steel Kin
- Faceless
- Alloy Miniscope
- Immortal Fujimi - Satsujinki Kanjou
- Until the New Moon 1 - The Ashen Knights
- Until the New Moon 2 - The Iron Girl
- Until the New Moon 3 - Black Serpent of Dawn
- Mushiao Forest, Magpie's Sword
- World Clock and the Dream of Needles (Vol. 1 & 2)
- Sing, Canary
- Kyohaku no Yume
- Toyo no Kuni no Amaterasu
- Higyaku no Noel Movements 1-4
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- light-novel style narrationemphasis on scene description and atmosphere
- Recurring Motifs
- nightmechanical elementscombatrevenge
Legacy
An author active in the light novel field who earned contest recognition and published multiple series. Declared an indefinite hiatus from writing in 2020, putting activities on pause.
Quotes
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The fact that I receive no responses to my recent works is proof that I can no longer write something that resonates with readers. I don't want to embarrass myself any further. I was possessed by a need for approval and wrote simply to be fawned over by many people.
Source: pixivFANBOX (Announcement of indefinite hiatus from writing, 2020) (2020)
Trivia
- Author born in and resident of Hokkaido.
- Began publishing works around 2005; often described as having a major debut in 2006.
- Received an encouragement prize in the 2011 Genro Award (novel division), work not published as a book.
- Won a special prize in the 2016 Kakuyomu Web Novel Contest, resulting in a published work.
- Announced an indefinite hiatus from writing in 2020.