Satoru Arima, a university research assistant, is looking toward a quiet future with his fiancee Machiko Tokitoki. After she touches a mysterious elongated sphere near a waterfall and begins to lose her memories, Satoru follows the mystery of the object and time itself in an effort to save her.

A poignant story of a man trying to hold fast to love against an irrational force that steals a happy life.

A boy raised in a mountain village gives up his true name, takes the courtesy name Hiren, and travels to the royal capital. He comes to serve Yukishiro, an apothecary of the Imperial Pharmacy Bureau, who works to stop poisonings by nobles and is feared as the bureau's witch for her severity.

A mystery in which a young apothecary and her attendant pursue signs of poisoning amid the schemes of the royal capital.

In a town where a mysterious phenomenon called Amazakura sends petal-like matter falling from the sky, Tsubasa Kamiyashiki knows the secret held by her childhood friend Hiyori Tamaki. A transfer student, Luka Shishibuki, also approaches the mystery, and the girls move forward while carrying their pain.

In a town where petals fall from the sky, girls with secrets grow stronger through hurt and friendship.

Set in Kyoto in 1907, the story follows Inako Momokawa, a girl who clings to faith, and Kihachi Sakamoto, a boy who believes in the future of electricity. To stop an arranged marriage forced on Inako, the two set out across Kyoto and Shiga in search of the strange book Kihachi once wrote, the Electric Catalog.

There is light because someone once lit it. A flight and a love story unfold in Meiji-era Kyoto, where past and future cross.

京子さん、フライ、ハイ is a work by 吉川英司 recognized in this award edition. Award records, public bibliographic data, and retail bibliographies were checked, with standalone book identifiers separated from items that could not be verified.

Bibliographic notes on the award-recognized work 京子さん、フライ、ハイ.

夜多の森弓道場 is a work by 綾野ことこ recognized in this award edition. Award records, public bibliographic data, and retail bibliographies were checked, with standalone book identifiers separated from items that could not be verified.

Bibliographic notes on the award-recognized work 夜多の森弓道場.

この星空には君が足りない！ is a work by 有丈ほえる recognized in this award edition. Award records, public bibliographic data, and retail bibliographies were checked, with standalone book identifiers separated from items that could not be verified.

Bibliographic notes on the award-recognized work この星空には君が足りない！.

ヴァイオレット・エヴァーガーデン is an award-winning work by 暁佳奈. The available bibliographic record identifies it as the work associated with this award entry.

ヴァイオレット・エヴァーガーデン by 暁佳奈.

サンタクロースの友達 is an award-winning work by 門倉みさき. The available bibliographic record identifies it as the work associated with this award entry.

サンタクロースの友達 by 門倉みさき.

昨日の恋は今日の夢 is an award-winning work by 栗木寧. The available bibliographic record identifies it as the work associated with this award entry.

昨日の恋は今日の夢 by 栗木寧.

ファントム・ワールド is a work by 秦野宗一郎. It is recorded as a prize-related title from 2013, and the available bibliographic sources were checked for standalone book identifiers.

ファントム・ワールド was checked as an award-listed work by 秦野宗一郎.

まんざいせんか! is a work by 宮來あじ. It is recorded as a prize-related title from 2013, and the available bibliographic sources were checked for standalone book identifiers.

まんざいせんか! was checked as an award-listed work by 宮來あじ.

やたらウロウロめったらドキドキ is a work by 道具小路. It is recorded as a prize-related title from 2013, and the available bibliographic sources were checked for standalone book identifiers.

やたらウロウロめったらドキドキ was checked as an award-listed work by 道具小路.

Machi de Ichiban Chiisana Jiken received an encouragement prize in the novel category of the second Kyoto Animation Award. The official archive confirms the award, but Amazon JP, public library-style records, and Kyoto Animation book listings did not confirm a standalone publication.

The title suggests an award-winning story about a small change within everyday life.

Beyond the Boundary is a youth fantasy that begins with the meeting of an immortal boy born between human and yokai worlds and a girl who hunts supernatural beings. It won an encouragement prize at the second Kyoto Animation Award and was later animated.

A rooftop encounter sets the story of an immortal boy and a spirit-world warrior in motion.

High Speed! is a youth sports novel about boys whose friendship and rivalry are shaped through swimming. It won an encouragement prize at the second Kyoto Animation Award and later became widely known as the source concept for the Free! series.

In the water, the boys rediscover the distance between friendship and rivalry.

Katasuku ni Sensu received an encouragement prize in the novel category of the second Kyoto Animation Award. The official archive confirms the award, but Amazon JP, public bibliographic records, and Kyoto Animation book listings did not confirm a standalone publication.

A memorably titled encouragement prize work from the Kyoto Animation Award novel category.

In a mansion surrounded by quiet woods and fields, the automaton Coppelia begins working as a maid despite lacking a human heart. Through life with the frail girl Swanilda and the other maids, emotions on the boundary between human and doll begin to stir.

A heartless doll and a girl with a soul mirror each other in the slow time of a mansion.

A school romantic comedy about a boy trying to bury his chuunibyou past and a girl still living inside her fantasy world. Their meeting brings together embarrassment, imagination, romance, and daily life in a gradually changing relationship.

A former chuunibyou boy and a still-chuunibyou girl turn a supposedly sealed past into the start of love.