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Fantasia Grand Award ふぁんたじあたいしょう

Edition 32 (2019)

Full-length novelLight novel

Winners

6 people
Dachima Inaka grand prize

A spy fantasy extensively revised from the submitted title. It follows a master spy and a group of supposedly failed girls through deception, team building, and a carefully planted narrative trick.

A story of deception in which the world’s strongest spy and a group of girls face an impossible mission.

342 pages
spiesteamworkdeceptionfantasy
Reira gold prize

A youth romantic comedy in which the protagonist tries to win over a girl while being advised by the girl’s separated thought-form. Beneath the brisk banter lies a device about self-image and hidden truth.

A slightly uncanny youth romantic comedy that begins with a heroine-approved strategy.

296 pages
youthromantic comedythought-formself-understanding
Hamubane gold prize

A demon-army reform comedy that begins when a lazy demon lord meets a capable princess knight. It keeps the premise of the submitted title while foregrounding relaxed humor and the fun of reorganizing a fallen army.

A princess knight’s arrival begins to transform a demon army that refuses to work.

324 pages
demon lordprincess knightcomedyorganizational reform
Hideo Yokoyama gold prize

A romantic-comedy mystery about an amnesiac protagonist and girls who each keep secrets. Beneath the sweet exchanges runs the tension of discovering who is hiding what.

The truth of lost memory emerges through relationships with girls who carry lies.

328 pages
romantic comedyamnesiasecretsmystery
Hayashiya Taihei silver prize

A school fantasy retitled from the submitted work. A once-great boy sent a century into the future confronts distorted history and the stigma attached to his name.

A stigmatized strongest boy carves his name again in a future academy.

344 pages
school fantasymagic swordfuturerestoration of honor
Sheena Ringo selected

A selected work in the thirty-second Fantasia Award. The official announcement confirms its selection, but no standalone book or paperback publication under this title could be confirmed.

A selected work confirmed by the official announcement, with no confirmed book publication.

selected contest worklight novelno confirmed publication