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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 people
Kohei Uetono うえとおの こうへい grand prize

A 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
Tsumugu Hashimoto はしもと つむぎ gold prize

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
Achi Taro あち たろう silver prize

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