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MF Bunko J Light Novel Newcomer Award えむえふぶんこじぇいらいとのべるしんじんしょう

Edition 1 (2005)

Light novelLiterary prize

Winners

8 people
Akinari Matsuno まつの あきなり excellence award

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.

274 pages
school comedylost in spacefriendshipnewcomer award winner
Masato Kumagai くまがい まさと honorable mention

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.

257 pages
black magicwish for transformationromanceintroverted heroine
Katsumi Nishino にしの かつみ honorable mention

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.

263 pages
yokaischool romanceretitled publicationromantic comedy
大凹友数 おおぼこ ともかず honorable mention

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.

263 pages
golemmagicgirlsMF Bunko J
Nichinichi (Akira) にちにち にち editor-in-chief special prize

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.

253 pages
immortalitybiblical motifsfriendshipcruel fantasy
Sohei Tsukimi つきみぐさ ひら jury special prize

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.

260 pages
magical locksmithapprentice heroineadventurementor and student
Isao Miura みうら いさお

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.

261 pages
Christmasyouthbanterdebut work
周藤氷努 すどう ひとな

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.

net idolsubmission workunconfirmed book publicationnewcomer award