Fukushima Masami Memorial SF Fairy Tale Award ふくしままさみきねんエスエフどうわしょう
Edition 35 (2019)
SFFairy tale
Winners
1 peopleAI Robot for Rent for One Month is a children's novel about a month spent with Eight, an AI robot that looks just like the narrator. Delight in convenience gradually turns into unease, and the exchange with a supposedly heartless being prompts a reconsideration of family and self.
A robot that looks like me, and is better than me, has come home.
96 pages
children's literatureAI robotfamilyself-understanding