Mephisto Award
1回登壇
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第55回（2018年） award
Kaita Kimoto
きもと かいた
Kimoto Kaita
プロフィール
- 性別
- 男性
- 国籍
- Japan
- 言語
- Japanese
経歴
- 職業
- Novelist, Writer
- 活動期間
- 2018年〜
受賞歴
| 年 | 賞名 | 対象作品 | 部門 | 主催 | 結果 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | Mephisto Prize | Enmado Sara's Detective Tales | — | Kodansha | winner |
Mephisto Prize
対象作品:
Enmado Sara's Detective Tales
主催:
Kodansha
結果:
winner
受賞・候補エディション
作品
代表作
Enmado Sara's Detective Tales
2018年 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
映像化・舞台化
- [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年 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年 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年 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年 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年 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年 Mystery fictionVolume 7. Contains stories emphasizing multiple-person involvement and complex tricks.
collusiontrickeryresponsibility
全著作
- 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)
翻案
- Television adaptation (NHK 'Yoru Dora', 2020; starring Ayami Nakajo)
- Manga adaptation (Monthly Big Gangan, Square Enix; 2020–2021)
作風・主題
- 文体
- episodic short-story formatwry, slightly acerbic tonehuman-centered mysteries set in the afterlife
- 頻出モチーフ
- Enmado (place of judgment)deduction gamesthe boundary between life and deathatonement and rebirthcharacters' inner struggles
評価・遺産
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.
大衆文化への影響
- TV adaptation on NHK 'Yoru Dora' (2020)
- Manga adaptation in Monthly Big Gangan (2020–2021)
引用
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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?
出典: Television drama (final episode) (2020年) -
So, shall we play a game? If you deduce the culprit yourself and name them correctly, I'll bring you back to life.
出典: Novel 'Enmado Sara's Detective Tales' (2018年)
豆知識
- 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).