A Dengeki Novel Prize winner that was originally submitted under the title "Zangetsu no Oboegaki" and later published as "The Guardian of Shinjū."

An East Asian court fantasy about purging the darkness that lives in the heart.

A winner of the 28th Dengeki Novel Prize Media Works Bunko Award, this novel follows a college romance that turns into a story about confronting a secret illness. It traces the ache of missed timing and the weight of family ties.

The upperclassman he falls for is a woman who falls into hibernation.

A coming-of-age novel about Tomonari, a high school student who can see the dead, as he helps bring to life a 36-hour composition left behind by a late friend. Centered on loss and renewal, it follows young people as they confront music and the time they have left behind.

A quiet story of loss and renewal for everyone who cannot quite say goodbye.

A boy-meets-girl story in which a young man headed for an art-school entrance exam travels to Shigara Island in Okinawa, where he meets a mysterious girl and begins to break out of his shell while facing a summer romance.

On a blue island, a boy who could not yet draw his future begins to change.

After being pushed by classmates into making a false confession to Maori Hino, Toru Kamiya begins a pretend relationship on the condition that neither of them truly fall in love. He soon learns that Maori has anterograde amnesia and loses each day's memories when she sleeps, so he starts building a love that lasts only one day at a time.

A young love story about choosing to build memories one day at a time, even knowing they will be forgotten.

Set in a boarding house where ghosts appear, this story uses meals and human connection to soften wounded hearts. A kind but easily frightened protagonist and memories tied to food create a warm aftertaste.

A last wished-for dish quietly connects the living and the dead.

A suspense novel in which a secret Cabinet Intelligence unit and a university student are drawn into an abnormal case after a classified file disappears. It opens a series built on psychological games and unusual investigations.

Impossible cases are cornered through dangerous battles of wits.

Yoshiwara Hyakka: A Bite of a Dream is a historical novel set in Edo-period Yoshiwara, portraying people's lives and feelings through sweets. It looks beyond the glamorous surface of the pleasure quarter and connects the loneliness and wishes of those who live and work there with memories of sweet flavors.

A single bite of confectionery gently illuminates the dreams and pain of people living in Yoshiwara.

キネマ探偵カレイドミステリー is an award-winning work by 斜線堂有紀. Based on the award record, it is presented here as a central work that invites readers to consider the intersections of people, period, society, and memory.

キネマ探偵カレイドミステリー, an award-winning work by 斜線堂有紀.

Chisa, worn down by work, gives a courtesy chocolate as thanks, only to be asked out by Ryusei, a senior colleague with an intimidating look. This workplace romantic comedy follows how a misunderstanding slowly changes the distance between two awkward adults.

A misunderstood courtesy chocolate becomes the start of an awkward romance.

ちょっと今から仕事やめてくる is an award-winning work by 北川恵海. The available bibliographic record identifies it as the work associated with this award entry.

ちょっと今から仕事やめてくる by 北川恵海.

C.S.T. 情報通信保安庁警備部 is a work by 十三湊. It is recorded as a prize-related title from 2013, and the available bibliographic sources were checked for standalone book identifiers.

C.S.T. 情報通信保安庁警備部 was checked as an award-listed work by 十三湊.

路地裏のあやかしたち 綾櫛横丁加納表具店 is recorded as a winning work for mediaworks bunko award in 2012-1. The identifier check prioritized Amazon Japan, the National Diet Library, and publisher pages, but no confirmed ASIN or ISBN for the winning work itself was established in this batch. Identifiers for magazines or adjacent media have therefore not been reused.

The work is recorded as 路地裏のあやかしたち 綾櫛横丁加納表具店; bibliographic identifiers are limited to sources confirmed as the work itself.

A young man calling himself an alien arrives as a teacher at a high school in a quiet port town. His grand, cosmic way of thinking and direct engagement with students bring both energy and confusion into school life.

A self-proclaimed alien teacher brings lessons far beyond the ordinary into a port-town classroom.

The story follows a protagonist awkward with human distance who begins interacting with a younger boy under moonlight. Through watching, being seen, and being noticed, it depicts the fragile boundary between loneliness and connection.

The loneliness watched only by the moon changes shape the moment someone notices it.

Ai Nakatsu, overworked at a publishing company, begins seeing fish swimming through the sky after smoking a mysterious cigarette, and the phenomenon forces him to face his future.

A coming-of-age fantasy in which fish swimming across the sky unsettle daily life and choices about the future.

A comic novel in which an unpredictable demon king and the narrator Kojiro Nayuki flee pursuers through a festival town, with urgency beneath the absurd premise.

A deliberately silly adventure in which a demon king and a king run through the heat of a strange festival.

Set in Yamato during the Warring States period, this historical fantasy follows Sagiri, a woman who hides her ability to see and repel supernatural beings.

A historical fantasy in which a woman who sees spirits steps into the shadows of Warring States Yamato.

[映] アムリタ is a work of light novel by 野﨑まど. It centers on 青春と非日常 and layers in キャラクター小説, showing the distinct qualities of an award-winning work.

[映] アムリタ is an important light novel work in the award history of 野﨑まど.

太陽のあくび is a work of light novel by 有間カオル. It centers on 青春と非日常 and layers in キャラクター小説, showing the distinct qualities of an award-winning work.

太陽のあくび is an important light novel work in the award history of 有間カオル.