Mephisto Award
1 appearances
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Edition 55 (2018) award
Kaita Kimoto
きもと かいた
Kimoto Kaita
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Nationality
- Japan
- Languages
- Japanese
Career
- Occupations
- Novelist, Writer
- Active Years
- 2018-
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | Mephisto Prize | Enmado Sara's Detective Tales | — | Kodansha | winner |
Mephisto Prize
Work:
Enmado Sara's Detective Tales
Organization:
Kodansha
Result:
winner
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Enmado Sara's Detective Tales
2018 Mystery fictionSara, daughter of Enma (the judge of the afterlife), offers the dead a "deduction game": if they correctly identify their murderer they are revived; if not, they are condemned to hell. The book is an episodic collection of mysteries and served as the author's debut (winner of the 55th Mephisto Prize).
afterliferesurrectiondetective puzzleatonementhuman drama
Adaptations
- [Television drama] Enmado Sara's Detective Tales / 渡辺良雄、葛西勇也、石川慎一郎、鈴木航 (2020)
Enmado Sara's Detective Tales: The Locked Room of the Losers
2018 Mystery fictionVolume 2 of the series. Contains short stories that handle locked-room elements and twisted human relationships; some chapters served as sources for the TV adaptation.
locked-room mysterieshuman frailtyethics and justice
Enmado Sara's Detective Tales: The Fiery Whodunit
2018 Mystery fictionVolume 3. A collection of short stories centered on fires and crimes tied to past karma.
karmapast and consequencedetection
Enmado Sara's Detective Tales: The Dots-and-Lines Deduction Game
2018 Mystery fictionVolume 4. Includes stories involving middle- and high-school aged characters and associated human dramas.
youth and wrongdoingcoming of agememory and testimony
Enmado Sara's Detective Tales: The Mystery of Falling Angels
2019 Mystery fictionVolume 5. Contains episodes involving athletes and family relationships, emphasizing emotional nuances.
honor and failurefamilyrebirth
Enmado Sara's Detective Tales: The Friday Disappearance
2019 Mystery fictionVolume 6. Episodes focus on social position and past sins.
social stigmapast choicesatonement
Enmado Sara's Detective Tales: The A+B+C Murder
2020 Mystery fictionVolume 7. Contains stories emphasizing multiple-person involvement and complex tricks.
collusiontrickeryresponsibility
Bibliography
- Enmado Sara's Detective Tales (2018-03-22, Kodansha Taiga)
- Enmado Sara's Detective Tales: The Locked Room of the Losers (2018-05-23, Kodansha Taiga)
- Enmado Sara's Detective Tales: The Fiery Whodunit (2018-08-22, Kodansha Taiga)
- Enmado Sara's Detective Tales: The Dots-and-Lines Deduction Game (2018-12-20, Kodansha Taiga)
- Enmado Sara's Detective Tales: The Mystery of Falling Angels (2019-04-19, Kodansha Taiga)
- Enmado Sara's Detective Tales: The Friday Disappearance (2019-10-23, Kodansha Taiga)
- Enmado Sara's Detective Tales: The A+B+C Murder (2020-09-15, Kodansha Taiga)
Adaptations
- Television adaptation (NHK 'Yoru Dora', 2020; starring Ayami Nakajo)
- Manga adaptation (Monthly Big Gangan, Square Enix; 2020–2021)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- episodic short-story formatwry, slightly acerbic tonehuman-centered mysteries set in the afterlife
- Recurring Motifs
- Enmado (place of judgment)deduction gamesthe boundary between life and deathatonement and rebirthcharacters' inner struggles
Legacy
A debut work that won the Mephisto Prize and, through TV and manga adaptations, became widely known. The series broadened its readership via its distinctive afterlife setting and human drama.
In Popular Culture
- TV adaptation on NHK 'Yoru Dora' (2020)
- Manga adaptation in Monthly Big Gangan (2020–2021)
Quotes
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To me, the dead-revival game is a confirmation of human potential. How far can a person resist the fate, destiny, and karma they bear?
Source: Television drama (final episode) (2020) -
So, shall we play a game? If you deduce the culprit yourself and name them correctly, I'll bring you back to life.
Source: Novel 'Enmado Sara's Detective Tales' (2018)
Trivia
- This work was the author's debut and won the 55th Mephisto Prize.
- The first volume was published by Kodansha Taiga on 22 March 2018; seven volumes had appeared by September 2020.
- Cover illustrations were done by Kei Mochizuki.
- Adapted into an NHK 'Yoru Dora' television drama in 2020 starring Ayami Nakajo.
- A manga adaptation ran in Monthly Big Gangan from 2020 (Vol.11) through 2021 (Vol.12).