An MF Bunko J award-winning youth story about a liar who is pulled into a student film project and slowly sheds the mask he wears every day.

The self he hides in lies begins to loosen inside the film project.

An MF Bunko J award-winning school romance in which a betrayal leads a boy and a younger girl into a revenge-shaped relationship.

He answers cheating with cheating.

A high-school boy is pulled into making an indie film and gradually reconsiders the distance between performance and his true self. Through a protagonist who gets by by wearing a mask, the novel captures both the sparkle and awkwardness of a youth spent in front of and behind the camera.

Full of lies, full of mistakes, but this youth will not stop.

A high school boy is picked as an assistant by a self-proclaimed genius detective and is dragged through strange cases and tangled relationships, confronting the danger of “creating” truth through deduction. The book balances romantic-comedy energy with the tension of a mystery that steps into the impossible.

A true detective never errs, because she creates truth itself.

A boy who had been moving freely between parallel worlds is thrown into a crisis when those worlds suddenly merge, forcing him to reconsider what an ideal youth really means. The story drives a chaotic premise straight through as a coming-of-age SF novel.

Cross the parallel worlds and chase the ideal youth.

A school troublemaker and his perfect fiancée collide through daily kisses and constant friction, gradually exposing each other’s circumstances in a school romcom. Their opposition turns into a way for both to reveal dreams and vulnerabilities.

The strongest mismatched youth romcom: a perfect honor student and a reckless problem student!

Published as the Grand Prize-winning work from the 17th MF Bunko J Light Novel Newcomer Award, this is a school-life fantasy built around lies. After a stolen-pencil complaint pulls him in, Umidori Togetsu meets the cat-eared girl Deratame-chan and steps into an odd, unsettling world.

"Will you kill lies with me?" That single line kicks the story into motion.

Set in a world where lies take physical form, this dialogue-driven coming-of-age SF fantasy follows Umitori Tohgetsu and the mysterious "Detarame-chan" as they are drawn into a mission to destroy lies.

“Will you help me kill lies?”

"Question One, Prove Eternal Love. No Heroine Bonus Applied." is an MF Bunko J romantic comedy about a love game that traps a group of boys and girls in a series of emotional maneuvers. It centers on a relationship where both sides already like each other, yet keep missing each other, along with a protagonist who insists on valuing the process over the result.

A romance game about eternal love begins.

A legal fantasy in which Tsukasa, a judge, and her assistant Ato take on the trial of a hero accused of murder in the otherworldly Chiyodaku Kingdom. Set in a world modeled after Japanese culture, the story begins to move from the courtroom.

Even in another world, justice still needs a proper trial.

A high school boy who wants to be killed by the person he loves meets a girl introduced by a woman who calls herself a shinigami. She, too, wants to kill the person she loves, and the two form an alliance to fulfill each other's wishes. It is a romantic comedy that begins with a warped, precarious relationship and mixes sweetness with unease.

A romantic comedy in which love and murderous intent twist together from a sweet but warped relationship.

A dark-hero action story about delinquent teens who survive by stealing life itself while being hunted by a hero and trying to reclaim the youth they lost.

They live by risking life itself and taking life from others, in a fight to win back a lost youth.

A school romantic comedy about Takamura Sota, who enters high school a year late after repeating a year and ends up caught between a former junior who is now his classmate and a former classmate who has become a senior. The story is driven by the frustration of trying to get closer to the person he admires while hiding his secret.

A frustrating love triangle romcom in which a same-year 'junior' keeps closing in on the protagonist.

High school student Kimihiko Kimizuka once traveled the world as the assistant of the great detective Siesta. After Siesta's death, he returns to ordinary life, but a new request brings the detective's legacy and past cases back into motion.

After the great detective has died, the assistant's unfinished story begins.

A girl named Toka appears before high school student Iku Kudo, claiming to be his daughter from the future. She says she has come to save her father's and mother's future, but she has forgotten who her mother is, so Iku begins searching among three girls close to him.

A romantic comedy about searching for an unknown love and a future mother together with a daughter from the future.

To make the track-and-field girl he loves his girlfriend, Makoto makes a contract with Devi, a lying fairy, and joins a scheme in which lies earn points that can grant wishes. To gather a huge number of points, he targets Harugasumi Haru, the girl in the next seat who believes his lies, but she has feelings for him.

A youth romantic comedy in which a boy trying to grant his wish through lies is shaken by the affection of a girl who believes him.

Published under the retitled name Inou, this light novel follows a high school student who sees himself as ordinary and is drawn into a battle among people with supernatural powers. From the viewpoint of a boy who believes he is not the center of the story, an unpredictable battle royale unfolds.

A boy who believes he is not the protagonist is thrown into the center of a fight over supernatural powers.

Published under a new title after winning as Tatoe Sekai no Subete o Teki ni Mawashita to Shitemo, this supernatural school fantasy is set on an island academy that isolates and controls girls with special powers. A boy pretending to be an honors student enters a provisional contract with a girl named after a demon, setting off a fight to recover a stolen past.

A false honors student and a girl bearing a demon's name join forces to reclaim a promise and a lost past.

Retitled from the award-entry name Poker Face and published under the author's new name Toichi Satsuki, this is a gambling mind-game light novel. A high school student, grandson of a legendary gambler, is invited to an underground casino poker game and enters a high-stakes battle involving a girl's life and enormous money.

The grandson of a legendary gambler risks life and money at the poker table to keep a promise.

A classic fantasy centered on a sword fighter who controls a doll and the inquisitor assigned to watch him, intertwining suspicion, duty, and bonds. It was retitled from the submission title for publication.

The distance between watcher and watched reveals the bonds behind the case.

A fantasy set in a near future where language systems can rewrite the physical world, combining school life with extraordinary linguistic powers. It was retitled and published as Seigo no Koutei to Maken no Kishihime.

In a world where language itself is power, a boy's hidden ability drives the story.

A youth novel built around a cross-dressing visual-kei band. Although the judges expected to see it revised for publication, searches of major bookselling, library, and publisher sources did not confirm a standalone book edition.

It explores the possibilities of youth fiction and romantic comedy through the devices of a band and cross-dressing.

A school romantic comedy that knowingly uses genre conventions while relying on heroine appeal and brisk pacing. It was retitled for publication as Love Comedy no Kamisama nanoni Ore no Love Comedy wo Jama suru no?

A god who interferes with romance appears before a protagonist who wants his romantic comedy to move forward.

Boku no Shiranai Love Comedy is a school light novel that plays with familiar romantic-comedy conventions while portraying relationships that progress beyond the protagonist's awareness. Misunderstandings, tactics, and friendships behind romantic events unfold at a brisk pace.

Romantic setups noticed by everyone except the person at the center keep this school comedy moving lightly.

Zetsu Kano (Amakuchi) was published under the retail title Zettai Kanojo Tsukuraseru Girl!, a school romantic comedy. It brightly depicts the commotion caused by a girl's forceful attempts to help an awkward boy get a girlfriend and by the misplaced kindness around him.

A school romantic comedy in which a girl's all-out support for making someone a girlfriend brings both romance and chaos.

Ponkotsu Yusha no Risshin Shusse was published under the title Ponkotsu Yusha no Gekokujo, a fantasy light novel. It unfolds as a comedy of growth and social rise in which a boy with no apparent heroic aptitude travels with the spirit of a sacred sword to find the true hero.

A brisk fantasy comedy in which a boy who cannot become the hero tries to become one by delivering a sacred sword.

Kokando 100 kara Hajimaru Dokuzetsu Bishojo Koryaku Life was published under the title Amanojaku na Himuro-san, a school romantic comedy. It centers on exchanges of sharp words and embarrassed deflection in a relationship with a girl whose affection should already be high but who cannot be honest about it.

A romantic comedy about closing the distance with a sharp-tongued girl whose affection is high but whose honesty lags behind.

An honorable-mention entry in the thirteenth MF Bunko J Light Novel Newcomer Award. The award announcement confirms the title and author, but checks of Amazon Japan, NDL Search, and MF Bunko J publication pages did not confirm a standalone book or paperback edition.

Recorded as an award-winning entry, but no book publication could be confirmed.

The honorable-mention entry from the thirteenth MF Bunko J Light Novel Newcomer Award was retitled and published as Cross Connect: Or, the Complete Game Walkthrough of Yuunagi Tarumi's Body Swap. It is a youth light novel that combines a game-walkthrough format with a body-swap premise, gradually shifting the protagonist's objective from clearing a game to confronting the real person behind the scenario.

What begins as a walkthrough log turns into a coming-of-age story about facing the girl behind the game.

テクノマギア・モンスターズ！ is an award-winning work by 絵戸太郎. 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.

テクノマギア・モンスターズ！, an award-winning work by 絵戸太郎.

半分クマの俺は、ハチミツの汗を掻く少女を見つけました。 is an award-winning work by 烏川さいか. 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.

半分クマの俺は、ハチミツの汗を掻く少女を見つけました。, an award-winning work by 烏川さいか.

イノセント・ヴォルフ is an award-winning work by 笹倉モル. 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.

イノセント・ヴォルフ, an award-winning work by 笹倉モル.

Ray travels to a new continent dreaming of becoming a mercenary, but his contract with the legendary guild White Shield gives him not combat duty but management and logistics. To save an organization on the brink, he begins running a guild full of dreams and debt.

He must rebuild a legendary guild not with a sword, but with a ledger.

A boy encounters zaru soba that somehow appears as an adorable being. With a premise that gleefully defies common sense, this unusual light novel drives forward through noodle-centered chaos and momentum.

From the single fact that zaru soba is cute, the world veers into strange motion.

Arwin, the only human in a restaurant in a city ruled by a demon king, faces impossible demands from monsters and workplace crises. This otherworldly restaurant comedy follows his human ingenuity in a very nonhuman job.

In a workplace full of monsters, human quick thinking saves the kitchen.

Kyle lives in a world made up of ten floating cities until a girl named Vita falls from the sky. Through the power called the formula of play, which can rewrite the world's structure, the order of the sealed cities and the boy's longing for the sky begin to move.

A girl falling from the sky sets a closed world flying again.

Y〈ヨグ〉の紋章師 is an award-winning work by 越智文比古. The available bibliographic record identifies it as the work associated with this award entry.

Y〈ヨグ〉の紋章師 by 越智文比古.

阿頼耶識冥清の非日常 is an award-winning work by 塀流通留. The available bibliographic record identifies it as the work associated with this award entry.

阿頼耶識冥清の非日常 by 塀流通留.

救われる世界と生贄少女の変なカミサマ 〜でも、願いはちゃんと叶えてくれます〜 is an award-winning work by 未味なり太. The available bibliographic record identifies it as the work associated with this award entry.

救われる世界と生贄少女の変なカミサマ 〜でも、願いはちゃんと叶えてくれます〜 by 未味なり太.

底辺かける高嶺の花 is an award-winning work by 鎌倉となり. The available bibliographic record identifies it as the work associated with this award entry.

底辺かける高嶺の花 by 鎌倉となり.

人間と魔物がいる世界 is a work by 扇友太. It is recorded as a prize-related title from 2013, and the available bibliographic sources were checked for standalone book identifiers.

人間と魔物がいる世界 was checked as an award-listed work by 扇友太.

パンツ・ミーツ・ガール is a work by 為三. It is recorded as a prize-related title from 2013, and the available bibliographic sources were checked for standalone book identifiers.

パンツ・ミーツ・ガール was checked as an award-listed work by 為三.

穢れ聖者のエク・セ・レスタ is a work by 新見聖. It is recorded as a prize-related title from 2013, and the available bibliographic sources were checked for standalone book identifiers.

穢れ聖者のエク・セ・レスタ was checked as an award-listed work by 新見聖.

サイコロの裏 is a work by 草木野鎖. It is recorded as a prize-related title from 2013, and the available bibliographic sources were checked for standalone book identifiers.

サイコロの裏 was checked as an award-listed work by 草木野鎖.

シンクロ・インフィニティ――Synchro ∞―― is a work by 上智一麻. It is recorded as a prize-related title from 2013, and the available bibliographic sources were checked for standalone book identifiers.

シンクロ・インフィニティ――Synchro ∞―― was checked as an award-listed work by 上智一麻.

猫耳天使と恋するリンゴ is a work by 花間燈. It is recorded as a prize-related title from 2013, and the available bibliographic sources were checked for standalone book identifiers.

猫耳天使と恋するリンゴ was checked as an award-listed work by 花間燈.

白銀新生ゼストマーグ is recorded as a winning work for mf bunko j light novel newcomer 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 白銀新生ゼストマーグ; bibliographic identifiers are limited to sources confirmed as the work itself.

失敗禁止っ！ 彼女のヒミツは漏らせない！ is recorded as a winning work for mf bunko j light novel newcomer 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 失敗禁止っ！ 彼女のヒミツは漏らせない！; bibliographic identifiers are limited to sources confirmed as the work itself.

ディヴァースワールズ・クライシス is recorded as a winning work for mf bunko j light novel newcomer 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 ディヴァースワールズ・クライシス; bibliographic identifiers are limited to sources confirmed as the work itself.

テンサウザンドの節約術師 is recorded as a winning work for mf bunko j light novel newcomer 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 テンサウザンドの節約術師; bibliographic identifiers are limited to sources confirmed as the work itself.

ハイスペック・ハイスクール is recorded as a winning work for mf bunko j light novel newcomer 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 ハイスペック・ハイスクール; bibliographic identifiers are limited to sources confirmed as the work itself.

オカッパニカッパ is recorded as a winning work for mf bunko j light novel newcomer 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 オカッパニカッパ; bibliographic identifiers are limited to sources confirmed as the work itself.

お願いだからあと五分！ is recorded as a winning work for mf bunko j light novel newcomer 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 お願いだからあと五分！; bibliographic identifiers are limited to sources confirmed as the work itself.

地球唯一の男 is recorded as a winning work for mf bunko j light novel newcomer 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 地球唯一の男; bibliographic identifiers are limited to sources confirmed as the work itself.

ドリーミー・ドリーマー is recorded as a winning work for mf bunko j light novel newcomer 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 ドリーミー・ドリーマー; bibliographic identifiers are limited to sources confirmed as the work itself.

脱がせません is recorded as a winning work for mf bunko j light novel newcomer 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 脱がせません; bibliographic identifiers are limited to sources confirmed as the work itself.

万能による無能のための狂想曲 is recorded as a winning work for mf bunko j light novel newcomer 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 万能による無能のための狂想曲; bibliographic identifiers are limited to sources confirmed as the work itself.

A high school boy slow to understand romance meets the eldest of triplets and begins facing both his relationships and his own feelings. As the title suggests, the comedy turns on wanting to change while remaining awkwardly oneself.

Even if he could fly, he would still be himself; a romance-blind boy’s youth begins to move.

The award title Yokai Asobi! was published as T to Pants to Ii Hanashi. It begins as a school romantic comedy with an absurd accident on the way to school that strangely links the protagonist and a girl’s body.

A very odd body-link romantic comedy begins with a strange accident.

A school comedy set around a baseball club, where a boy becomes involved as the regular catcher for a girls’ team. Forceful young ladies, a cool adviser who knows little about baseball, and other eccentric characters create a string of brisk episodes.

From the catcher’s spot on a girls’ baseball team, lively school trouble begins.

The award work Over Image began publication as Over Image: Golden Mirror, a supernatural battle light novel. A boy is thrown into a white, unreal world and invited by a participant in a game where wishes can be granted.

In a world painted white, a game begins with wishes at stake.

Yuta suddenly takes in a five-year-old girl named Lily and ends up raising her with his childhood friend Shiori in this school romantic comedy. Their childrearing-like life shifts the distance between childhood friends toward something like family and something like romance.

From the day he takes in a five-year-old girl, the distance to his childhood friend begins to change.

A youth romantic comedy in which Yoto Yokodera and Tsukiko Tsutsukakushi lose parts of themselves through the wish-granting Stony Cat statue.

A surprisingly fresh romantic comedy that begins with a tangle over true feelings and social masks.

Originally submitted as Shokushin and published as Kuu, this light novel begins a series built around food, power, and appetite.

A debut work with dark-fantasy colors, built around food, power, and desire.

Published as Dragon Blood after being submitted under the award title, the first volume follows a vessel of demonic power and a killer in a dark battle-fantasy atmosphere.

A dark battle fantasy driven by momentum, dragon blood, and a vessel of demonic power.

Toki Fuyuki's light novel turns the magical-girl premise toward comedy, using the odd idea of a temporary license as its entrance.

A comedy fantasy built on the off-kilter idea of a magical girl with a temporary license.

Published as Fox Tale? after being submitted as Kitsune no Hyakumonogatari, the first volume begins a school yokai romantic comedy around a former nine-tailed fox and a young fox bride.

A yokai romantic comedy that begins with a broken engagement between a former nine-tailed fox and a young fox bride.

Published as Tsuki Tsuki! after being submitted as Tsuiteiru!, this debut combines supernatural elements with the lively relationships of a school romantic comedy.

A lively debut that links supernatural trouble with school romantic comedy.

Published as Shakaiteki ni wa Shinde mo Kimi o! after being submitted as Hachikazuki!, this debut treats social disaster and romance with light-novel exaggeration and pace.

A high-energy youth romantic comedy where social ruin does not mean the end of love.

まよチキ！ 〜迷える執事とチキンな俺と〜 is a work of light novel by あさのハジメ. 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.

まよチキ！ 〜迷える執事とチキンな俺と〜 is an important light novel work in the award history of あさのハジメ.

ゴミ箱から失礼いたします is a work of light novel by 岩波零. 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.

ゴミ箱から失礼いたします is an important light novel work in the award history of 岩波零.

新世紀ガクエンヤクザ！ is a work of light novel by 三原みつき. 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.

新世紀ガクエンヤクザ！ is an important light novel work in the award history of 三原みつき.

リトルリトル☆トライアングル is a work of light novel by 斉藤真也. 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.

リトルリトル☆トライアングル is an important light novel work in the award history of 斉藤真也.

One-seventh Dragon Princess is a work of light novel by 北元あきの. 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.

One-seventh Dragon Princess is an important light novel work in the award history of 北元あきの.

プシュケープリンセス is a work of light novel by 刈野ミカタ. 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.

プシュケープリンセス is an important light novel work in the award history of 刈野ミカタ.

ローズウィザーズ is a work by 三門鉄狼 recorded as a 2009 award-winning title. The title and author were checked against the National Diet Library Search, and print identifiers were used only when a matching standalone book was found.

ローズウィザーズ by 三門鉄狼 is a work read through the lens of its award history and publication form.

ベネズエラ・ビター・マイ・スウィート is a work by 森田季節 and a winner of mf-bunko-j-light-novel-newcomer-award 2008-1. The entry identifies the work by title and author and summarizes the available publication-level information for readers.

ベネズエラ・ビター・マイ・スウィート, by 森田季節.

ミサキの一発逆転！ is a work by 石川ユウヤ and a winner of mf-bunko-j-light-novel-newcomer-award 2008-1. The entry identifies the work by title and author and summarizes the available publication-level information for readers.

ミサキの一発逆転！, by 石川ユウヤ.

二人で始める世界征服 is a work by 岡崎登 and a winner of mf-bunko-j-light-novel-newcomer-award 2008-1. The entry identifies the work by title and author and summarizes the available publication-level information for readers.

二人で始める世界征服, by 岡崎登.

この広い世界に二人ぼっち is a work by 葉村哲 and a winner of mf-bunko-j-light-novel-newcomer-award 2008-1. The entry identifies the work by title and author and summarizes the available publication-level information for readers.

この広い世界に二人ぼっち, by 葉村哲.

やってきたよ、ドルイドさん！ is a work by 志瑞祐 and a winner of mf-bunko-j-light-novel-newcomer-award 2008-1. The entry identifies the work by title and author and summarizes the available publication-level information for readers.

やってきたよ、ドルイドさん！, by 志瑞祐.

不機嫌な悪魔とおしゃべりなカラスと is a work by 二階堂紘史 and a winner of mf-bunko-j-light-novel-newcomer-award 2008-1. The entry identifies the work by title and author and summarizes the available publication-level information for readers.

不機嫌な悪魔とおしゃべりなカラスと, by 二階堂紘史.

ジャンクパーツ is a work by 樋口モグラ and a winner of mf-bunko-j-light-novel-newcomer-award 2008-1. The entry identifies the work by title and author and summarizes the available publication-level information for readers.

ジャンクパーツ, by 樋口モグラ.

地方都市伝説大全 is a light novel by 比嘉 智康. Recognized by a newcomer award, it combines brisk plotting with a young protagonist's search for a place to belong.

地方都市伝説大全, by 比嘉 智康, follows the emotions and texture of its time at the heart of the work.

アストロノト! is a light novel by 赤松中学. Recognized by a newcomer award, it combines brisk plotting with a young protagonist's search for a place to belong.

アストロノト!, by 赤松中学, follows the emotions and texture of its time at the heart of the work.

魔女ルミカの赤い糸 is a light novel by 田口 一. Recognized by a newcomer award, it combines brisk plotting with a young protagonist's search for a place to belong.

魔女ルミカの赤い糸, by 田口 一, follows the emotions and texture of its time at the heart of the work.

ヒトカケラ is a light novel by 星家なこ. Recognized by a newcomer award, it combines brisk plotting with a young protagonist's search for a place to belong.

ヒトカケラ, by 星家なこ, follows the emotions and texture of its time at the heart of the work.

地を駆ける虹 is a light novel by 七位連一. Recognized by a newcomer award, it combines brisk plotting with a young protagonist's search for a place to belong.

地を駆ける虹, by 七位連一, follows the emotions and texture of its time at the heart of the work.

A light novel in which a high school student's summer turns into an offbeat romantic story after he meets a mysterious goat that eats notebooks.

暗闇にヤギを探して is a work with a distinctive character worthy of its award recognition.

A school light novel centered on a high school boy hiding the secret of a girl living with him, where everyday life intersects with supernatural presences.

神様のおきにいり is a work with a distinctive character worthy of its award recognition.

Published under the title Yukyu Tenbodai no Kai, this youth fantasy begins when a heartbroken girl meets a mysterious boy on a bridge.

World's tale 〜a girl meets the boy〜 is a work with a distinctive character worthy of its award recognition.

Originally submitted as Jikochu Senkan 2-nen 3-kumi, the book was published as Aoba-kun to Uchu-jin. High school students left in a classroom after school are suddenly cast into a sea of stars and ordered by a mysterious voice to defeat a white dragon. It is a school SF comedy where quick banter collides with a cosmic crisis.

A loud, fast-moving survival mission after an entire classroom is thrown into space.

Maho Soraguchi, a shy but sharp-tongued girl fascinated by black magic, summons a demon and asks to become cute. The price of the contract is that she must give up romantic feelings, and her changed appearance leads her into turmoil between desire and restraint.

Her wish to become cute comes with a contract that forbids love.

Originally submitted as Kanojo wa Kon, to Kawaiku Seki o Shite, the work was published as Kanokon. Kouta, a boy transferring from the countryside to a city school, is summoned by a beautiful upperclassman and steps into a lively school life where romance and supernatural beings intertwine.

The beautiful girl he meets at his new city school brings both romance and supernatural trouble.

Golem x Girls brings together artificial life reminiscent of the golem legend, magical motifs, and the relationships among girls in the brisk style of a light novel. Published from a newcomer-award honorable mention, it became the first volume of a short series.

Drawing on the golem legend, the girls' noisy and uncanny everyday life begins to move.

The story centers on the seemingly perfect teacher Gurou Sakanagi, the poor but upright Suzune Usagawa, and the immortal girl Gankyuu Eguriko. Around the motifs of the apple and the insects, an uncanny world unfolds, asking what life and bonds mean beneath its bizarre names and brutal imagery.

Beyond the absurd names and unsettling violence lies an urgent story about life.

Originally submitted as Locksmith! Karuna no Boken, the work was published as Mahou Kagishi Karuna no Boken. Karuna, an apprentice girl, takes on her first job as a magical locksmith and steps from her training under the sharp-tongued Mira into a world of magic and adventure.

Apprentice locksmith Karuna's first job opens a door to magic and adventure.

Christmas Joto. is Isao Miura's debut MF Bunko J work. Despite the Christmas title, it is driven by commotion and banter rather than simple sweetness, and it became the starting point for the later Joto. series.

Energetic banter kicks aside the usual sweetness of Christmas Eve.

Docchi ga Net Idol? appears in the first MF Bunko J Light Novel Rookie Award listings, but no standalone book publication could be confirmed through public bibliographic sources corresponding to Amazon JP, NDL/CiNii, or the publisher. At present, the available information is limited to its status as an award-submission work.

A work traceable as an award title, with no confirmed standalone book record in public bibliographies.

Yomi Hirasaka's light novel briskly portrays relationships between ghosts and young people. Its comic pace and bittersweet feeling carry a debut work's energy into supernatural romance and trouble.

ホーンテッド！ is a work whose contours are visible through its award history, with the author's concerns emerging through subject and voice.

Naoko Haneda's fantasy light novel begins when everyday life is unsettled by an encounter with a tiny being. Its gentle voice carries hints of growth and parting.

世界最大のこびと is a work whose contours are visible through its award history, with the author's concerns emerging through subject and voice.