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Yaginagi Tametsuzo

ヤギナギ タメツゾウ

Yaginagi Tametsuzo

Profile

Gender
Unknown
Nationality
Japan
Languages
Japanese

Career

Occupations
Novelist, Light novel author
Active Years
2007-

Awards

Super Dash Novel Rookie Award (Grand Prize)
2007
Work: Iron Ball Princess Emily
Category: 大賞
Organization: Shueisha / Super Dash Bunko
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Iron Ball Princess Emily

2007 Battle / Fantasy

Emily, the first princess of the Ragenen kingdom, lives quietly in a frontier area to avoid succession disputes. Her household is attacked by phantom knights sent as assassins by the prince's faction; guards and servants are slaughtered and Emily's armored maid Serena is gravely wounded. Surviving the assault, Emily resolves to strike back and heads to the manor where the phantom knights await.

princesscombatloyaltysacrificepower strugglefantasy

Bibliography

  • Tekkūki Emily (Iron Ball Princess Emily) — Sept 25, 2007 (Super Dash Bunko, Shueisha)
  • Sister Emily: Iron Ball Princess Emily, Act II — Dec 20, 2007
  • Emily of the Flower Garden: Iron Ball Princess Emily, Act III — June 25, 2008
  • Emily of the Battlefield: Iron Ball Princess Emily, Act IV — July 25, 2008
  • Iron Ball King Emily: Iron Ball Princess Emily, Act V — May 22, 2009

Style & Themes

Literary Style
pacey light-novel stylecombat-focused descriptive passagescharacter-driven dialogue
Recurring Motifs
armour (heavy plate) and weaponsloyalty and betrayalsuccession conflictsthe cost of power (side effects of the ore 'kiteru')

Legacy

Debuted as the Grand Prize winner of the 6th Super Dash Novel Rookie Award and was published in five volumes by Shueisha's Super Dash Bunko between 2007 and 2009. The series drew attention within the light novel community but has not seen major multimedia adaptations. The Wikipedia entry for the work remains a stub.

Trivia

  • Iron Ball Princess Emily won the Grand Prize at the 6th Super Dash Novel Rookie Award.
  • The series was published in five volumes by Shueisha's Super Dash Bunko between Sept 2007 and May 2009.
  • Illustrations for the series were done by Hisashi Senomoto.
  • The Wikipedia article for the work is currently a stub / incomplete.