Dengeki Novel Grand Prize
1 appearances
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Edition 22 (2015) gold prize
Rakuda
らくだ
rakuda
Pen Names:
Rakuda（Used as a pen name）
Profile
- Gender
- Unknown
- Nationality
- Japan
- Languages
- Japanese
Career
- Occupations
- Novelist
- Active Years
- 2016-
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Dengeki Novel Prize — Gold | Broken Watering Can Cannot Be Used (original title) | — | Dengeki Novel Prize (KADOKAWA / ASCII Media Works) | 金賞 |
Dengeki Novel Prize — Gold
2015
Work:
Broken Watering Can Cannot Be Used (original title)
Organization:
Dengeki Novel Prize (KADOKAWA / ASCII Media Works)
Result:
金賞
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Oresuki: Are You the Only One Who Loves Me?
2016 School / Romantic comedyA school romantic comedy starring Kisaragi Amatsuyu (nicknamed Joro). The protagonist, believing himself the target of romantic attention from classmates, discovers misunderstandings and hidden affections (and stalker-like attention), leading to comedic and romantic complications.
romanceyouthmisunderstanding & miscommunicationcomedy
Adaptations
- [TV anime] Oresuki: Are You the Only One Who Loves Me? / 秋田谷典昭 (2019)
- [OVA] Oresuki: Our Game Set (OVA) / 秋田谷典昭 (2020)
- [Manga (comic adaptation)] Oresuki (manga) (2017)
Bibliography
- Oresuki (Dengeki Bunko, KADOKAWA), 17 volumes (2016–2022)
Adaptations
- Manga adaptation (Shueisha / Shonen Jump+, 6 volumes)
- TV anime adaptation (2019, produced by CONNECT)
- OVA (concluding episode, released 2020)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- witty, dialogue-driven prosehumor-focused descriptions
- Recurring Motifs
- plant-derived nicknames (Himawari, Cosmos, Pansy, etc.)romantic confusion arising from misunderstandings
Legacy
A successful media-mix example originating from a light novel. The series ran for 17 volumes and received manga, TV anime and OVA adaptations. By 2019 the series had sold over one million copies cumulatively.
Quotes
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When I read a certain romantic comedy manga, I wondered 'why doesn't the protagonist notice he's being wooed so blatantly?' — that question became the starting point for writing this work.
Source: Acceptance interview (related to the Dengeki Novel Prize) (2016)
Trivia
- Commonly abbreviated as 'Oresuki'
- Series surpassed one million copies sold by 2019
- Won the Gold prize at the 22nd Dengeki Novel Prize (original submission titled 'Broken Watering Can Cannot Be Used')