Japanese Literary Awards

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Kono Mystery ga Sugoi! Grand Award このミステリーがすごい! たいしょう

Edition 9 (2010)

Mystery novelsBroadly defined mystery

Winners

2 people
Inui Ryokuro いぬい りょくろう grand prize

A manga artist who keeps speaking with her brother in a vegetative state is pulled into a distortion of reality after a mysterious phone call. It is a debut novel with unsettling mechanics hidden under a quiet surface.

The more she asks, the more reality bends.

305 pages
psychologysynesthesiamedicinetruth-seekingdebut novel
Kiku Kita きた きく excellence award

A graduate student in organic chemistry loses his special ability when he falls in love and ends up at the mercy of a being who calls itself a death god. It is a light romantic mystery that layers chemistry, love, and puzzle-solving.

A death god reaches out to a science-minded man who has fallen in love.

305 pages
chemistryromancesciencemysteryromcom