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Yoru Sumino

すみの よる

Sumino Yoru

Pen Names: Yasumi Yano（Pen name used when posting on web novel sites）

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
Japan
Nationality
Japan
Languages
Japanese
Residence History
Osaka Prefecture, Japan

Career

Occupations
novelist, lyricist
Active Years
2015-

Awards

Da Vinci BOOK OF THE YEAR 2nd Place
2015
Work: I Want to Eat Your Pancreas
Organization: Da Vinci (magazine)
Result: 2位
Honya Taisho (Booksellers Award) 2nd Place
2016
Work: I Want to Eat Your Pancreas
Organization: Honya Taisho (Booksellers Award)
Result: 第2位
honto '2018 Most Read by 20-year-olds' Ranking 1st Place (announced 2019)
2019
Work: Blue, Painful and Fragile
Organization: honto
Result: 第1位
Shogakukan Children’s Publishing Culture Award
2023
Work: Love, That, and Everything Else
Organization: Shogakukan
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

I Want to Eat Your Pancreas

2015 Youth novel / Romance

A coming-of-age story about the relationship between the narrator and a classmate whose diary reveals a terminal illness; it deals with youth, secrets and mortality.

youthdeathfriendshipromancesecrets
Adaptations
  • [live-action film] I Want to Eat Your Pancreas (2017)
  • [animated film] I Want to Eat Your Pancreas (anime) (2018)

Blue, Painful and Fragile

2018 youth novel

A novel exploring the shifting emotions and conflicts of young people through multiple perspectives, notable for delicate psychological depiction.

youthlonelinessgrowthsensitive emotions

What Sambo Mugimoto Likes

2019 short story collection / linked short stories

A linked short story collection centered on the character Sambo Mugimoto, depicting tastes and feelings across several short pieces, mixing humor and nostalgia.

everyday lifepreferencesnostalgia

I Will Forget These Feelings Someday

2020 novel

A novel that includes collaborations with music and other fields, delicately portraying the subtleties of characters' emotions.

emotionmemorymusic

Love, That, and Everything Else

2023 romance novel

A romance-centered work depicting relationships and growth; it carefully follows the inner lives of young people.

romancegrowthhuman relationships

Bibliography

  • I Want to Eat Your Pancreas
  • I Had the Same Dream Again
  • Yoru's Monster
  • Ka ' ' Ku ' ' Shi ' ' Go ' ' To '
  • Blue, Painful and Fragile
  • What Sambo Mugimoto Likes
  • I Will Forget These Feelings Someday
  • If You Open Your Stomach, Only Blood Comes Out
  • Love, That, and Everything Else
  • Confession Strike

Adaptations

  • I Want to Eat Your Pancreas (live-action & anime films)

Style & Themes

Literary Style
lyrical, sentimental prosedelicate psychological depiction
Recurring Motifs
life and deathsecretsthe pain of youthpersonal tastes (food, places)

Legacy

Her debut from a web novel site drew significant attention, leading to live-action and animated film adaptations and wide reader support. Popular especially among younger readers, Sumino is regarded as an influential contemporary author of youth fiction in Japan.

In Popular Culture

  • Media expansion through film and anime adaptations
  • Collaborations with music releases and CD bonuses

Quotes

  • I like stories that have a moment at the end when emotions are lifted.
    Source: Essay, Kobo Guide (Kouboguide), May 2016 (2016)

Trivia

  • It has become customary to list a favorite food or place in the author's profile at the end of paper editions.
  • The pen name was explained as inspired by the idea that a child in the corner of the classroom has creativity at night.
  • Has publicly stated being a fan of THE BACK HORN and GOOD ON THE REEL.
  • The notable work 'I Want to Eat Your Pancreas' was adapted into a live-action film (2017) and an animated film (2018).