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Fujimi Young Mystery Award ふじみヤングミステリーたいしょう

Edition 5 (2004)

MysteryHorrorLight novel

Winners

3 people
Waka Katayama かたやま わか honorable mention

An Edo-period mystery in which Kaede Sakakibara, a high-ranking samurai daughter newly returned from Osaka, faces incidents involving a children's song and ghostly fire. Her unruly energy links period drama with light-novel pace.

A spirited samurai girl plunges into the mystery of ghostly fires troubling Edo.

270 pages
historical mysteryEdogirl protagonist
あくたゆい あくた ゆい encouragement award

A young-adult mystery in which girls in California encounter a teacher's death and approach the truth behind serial murders of mathematicians. The bond between the two girls and the mystery of the death card drive the story.

Two girls try to solve the equation behind serial murders of mathematicians.

334 pages
young-adult mysterymathematicsgirls
Daishi Kitayama きたやま たいし

A youth mystery about a high-school boy with clairvoyant powers who takes jobs through an illegal search-for-things website and is drawn toward the mystery behind his own ability. The first volume in the Fujimi Mystery Bunko series emphasizes both supernatural adventure and the boy’s awakening.

A boy who earns his living through clairvoyance receives a request that leads back to the mystery of his own power.

302 pages
psychic abilitysearchesyouth mystery