Dengeki Novel Grand Prize でんげきしょうせつたいしょう
Edition 4 (1997)
Light novelNewcomer literary award
Winners
3 peopleA light novel that depicts the boundary between the extraordinary and everyday life through a reordered ensemble narrative. The singular presence of Boogiepop confronts the “enemy of the world.”
The extraordinary rises quietly beneath everyday life.
296 pages
supernatural powerensemble casteveryday and extraordinary
A debut work published in upper and lower volumes. Within a loss-heavy, SF-inflected setting, the protagonist works toward choosing a future anew.
Beyond loss, a future can still be chosen again.
191 pages
lossscience fictioncoming of age
A brisk school-age romantic comedy built around the cohabitation of a vampire girl and a high school boy. Their distance narrows through humor and battles.
The story begins with the promise, “Don’t drink my blood.”
304 pages
vampirecohabitationschool romantic comedy