A summer youth mystery in which two teenagers' bond becomes dangerously unstable.

The flight begins the night one of them says he killed his mother.

A fantasy adventure set on a sea of sand that crosses multiple worlds.

Under seven worlds and two suns, Reimei and her companions press forward.

A summer youth mystery centered on a skeleton found in an abandoned school building.

Four childhood friends chase the mystery of a corpse in a spacesuit.

A school-set coming-of-age detective story in which jealousy is used to expose lies.

A sharp-eyed senior who sees through lies and a boy who cannot lie face the case together.

A story in which a childlike demon queen and a death-metal bandman face an otherworldly crisis.

Yamada is summoned into the demon world and rushes to fulfill Velvet's wishes.

Nadeko Gokumon, a girl with a demon's body and human heart, and the enigmatic Amana Ichijiku face Kyoto's strange phenomena while confronting their own wounds and fate.

A girl fated to devour monsters.

Prince Kichihiko is drawn into a succession struggle and, after meeting the slave woman Sinistra sent by the empire, schemes his way through a kingdom-wide conflict over the throne.

His brother is dead. The king is dead. Then who will be the next ruler?

A youth fantasy in which a reunion with the VR character Kyourai forces the protagonists to rethink who they are between ideals and reality.

The self you wanted and the self you missed collide.

A youth comedy about Saji, a boy burdened by his father's past as a lewd hypnosis master, and Tomoyu, the girl who claims the title of second-generation heir.

A reckless hypnosis mess gradually changes the distance between the two leads.

A coming-of-age comedy in which a boy whose father was a lewd hypnosis master is pulled into absurd hypnosis chaos by a girl claiming to be the second generation.

He plans to face his father's disgrace, but a girl claiming the title of successor drags him into the mess.

A coming-of-age romance about a boy who lost his mother to saltification disease and a gifted pianist who changes his future.

A story that begins and ends with tears.

A school comedy in which an ordinary boy teams up with a fiercely abrasive girl to survive a school ruled by one-upmanship.

A laugh-out-loud battle of wits begins.

A coming-of-age SF story in which a giant iceberg off the Miura Peninsula sets a tense summer among high school friends in motion.

That feeling stays frozen in that summer.

A dark psycho-action story in which a girl and boy who enter psychological worlds to exorcise monsters confront an enemy who weaponizes fear.

She turns searing terror into power and kills fear.

俺はひょっとして、最終話で負けヒロインの横にいるポッと出のモブキャラなのだろうか is an award-recognized work by 雨森たきび. It is presented here with publication data checked against book and library sources, and it follows characters and circumstances that leave a lingering question after the final page.

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悪霊術師のデッドエンド is an award-recognized work by 岸馬鹿縁. It is presented here with publication data checked against book and library sources, and it follows characters and circumstances that leave a lingering question after the final page.

悪霊術師のデッドエンド is a work whose shape becomes clearer when its award history is read alongside its publication record.

悪夢屠りのBAKU is an award-recognized work by 長月東葭. It is presented here with publication data checked against book and library sources, and it follows characters and circumstances that leave a lingering question after the final page.

悪夢屠りのBAKU is a work whose shape becomes clearer when its award history is read alongside its publication record.

公務員、中田忍の悪徳 is an award-recognized work by 太刀川主. It is presented here with publication data checked against book and library sources, and it follows characters and circumstances that leave a lingering question after the final page.

公務員、中田忍の悪徳 is a work whose shape becomes clearer when its award history is read alongside its publication record.

ロストマンの弾丸 is an award-recognized work by 水田陽. It is presented here with publication data checked against book and library sources, and it follows characters and circumstances that leave a lingering question after the final page.

ロストマンの弾丸 is a work whose shape becomes clearer when its award history is read alongside its publication record.

Originally awarded as Deadly Heavenly Dead and published under the title Kimi wa Hito, Boku wa Shisha. Sekai wa Tokidoki Hikkurikaeru, this Gagaga Bunko novel is set in a world divided into Heaven and the Underland. Dead, a dead boy, meets Phi, a human girl who falls from the sky, and faces both impossible love and a world about to turn over.

When a human girl and a dead boy meet, the balance of their divided worlds begins to tremble.

Originally awarded as Reiwa Umare no Mado Shoka: Zenten Jikan Shoshitsu Trick and published as Schrodinger no Neko Sagashi, this Gagaga Bunko novel pairs a boy who dislikes detectives with a labyrinth-making witch who wants to preserve mysteries rather than solve them. Their contest unfolds at the boundary between mystery and fantasy.

Against detectives who solve mysteries, the witch casts them into a labyrinth and preserves their wonder.

Originally awarded as Santa Claus o Koroshita. Hatsukoi ga Owatta and published as Santa Claus o Koroshita. Soshite, Kiss o Shita, this Gagaga Bunko novel begins when a young man reeling from heartbreak meets a girl with a notebook that grants only unwanted wishes. To erase Christmas, they begin a simulated romance.

A pretend romance begun to erase Christmas draws a supposedly ended first love back into motion.

Originally awarded as Fake Town Blues and published as Kono Nukumori o Kimi to Yobunda, this Gagaga Bunko novel is set in an underground city covered by artificial sky and sun. Lenny, a girl who rejects everything fake, meets Toka and searches for real warmth in a manufactured world.

Under an artificial sky, the warmth of a held hand becomes the one real thing.

The award-winning manuscript titled Love Comedy That Never Lets Love Comedy Happen was published under the title Who Says We Cannot Make a Romantic Comedy in Real Life? It follows a high school boy obsessed with romantic comedies as he tries to turn reality into his ideal rom-com through data analysis and repeated practice rather than chance.

A boy begins an experiment built on the belief that a romantic comedy is not something that happens, but something to be engineered.

僕がウラシマトンネルを抜ける時 by 八目迷 is introduced here as the award-recognized work. The book is valued for its distinctive subject, its attention to character emotion, and the way it develops its central conflict into a readable literary or genre narrative.

A concise introduction to 僕がウラシマトンネルを抜ける時, a work shaped by its subject and emotional stakes.

クラスメイトが使い魔になりまして by 鶴城東 is introduced here as the award-recognized work. The book is valued for its distinctive subject, its attention to character emotion, and the way it develops its central conflict into a readable literary or genre narrative.

A concise introduction to クラスメイトが使い魔になりまして, a work shaped by its subject and emotional stakes.

リベンジャーズ・ハイ by 呂暇郁夫 is introduced here as the award-recognized work. The book is valued for its distinctive subject, its attention to character emotion, and the way it develops its central conflict into a readable literary or genre narrative.

A concise introduction to リベンジャーズ・ハイ, a work shaped by its subject and emotional stakes.

ラムネの瓶に沈んだビー玉の月 by 裕夢 is introduced here as the award-recognized work. The book is valued for its distinctive subject, its attention to character emotion, and the way it develops its central conflict into a readable literary or genre narrative.

A concise introduction to ラムネの瓶に沈んだビー玉の月, a work shaped by its subject and emotional stakes.

史上最強オークさんの楽しい種付けハーレムづくり by 月夜涙 is introduced here as the award-recognized work. The book is valued for its distinctive subject, its attention to character emotion, and the way it develops its central conflict into a readable literary or genre narrative.

A concise introduction to 史上最強オークさんの楽しい種付けハーレムづくり, a work shaped by its subject and emotional stakes.

お前の母ちゃん魔法少女！ is an award-recognized work by 栗ノ原草介. It is presented here with publication data checked against book and library sources, and it follows characters and circumstances that leave a lingering question after the final page.

お前の母ちゃん魔法少女！ is a work whose shape becomes clearer when its award history is read alongside its publication record.

《このラブコメがすごい!!》堂々の三位! is an award-recognized work by 飛田雲之. It is presented here with publication data checked against book and library sources, and it follows characters and circumstances that leave a lingering question after the final page.

《このラブコメがすごい!!》堂々の三位! is a work whose shape becomes clearer when its award history is read alongside its publication record.

グリムの赤い万華鏡 is an award-recognized work by 氷桃甘雪. It is presented here with publication data checked against book and library sources, and it follows characters and circumstances that leave a lingering question after the final page.

グリムの赤い万華鏡 is a work whose shape becomes clearer when its award history is read alongside its publication record.

ピンポンラバー is an award-recognized work by 谷山走太. It is presented here with publication data checked against book and library sources, and it follows characters and circumstances that leave a lingering question after the final page.

ピンポンラバー is a work whose shape becomes clearer when its award history is read alongside its publication record.

空飛ぶ卵の右舷砲 is an award-recognized work by 喜多川信. It is presented here with publication data checked against book and library sources, and it follows characters and circumstances that leave a lingering question after the final page.

空飛ぶ卵の右舷砲 is a work whose shape becomes clearer when its award history is read alongside its publication record.

平浦ファミリズム by 遍柳一 is an award-recognized work. The entry focuses on the published work, its author, and the context in which it was selected.

A concise profile of 遍柳一's 平浦ファミリズム through its award record.

ひきこもり姫を歌わせたいっ！ by 水坂不適合 is an award-recognized work. The entry focuses on the published work, its author, and the context in which it was selected.

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その過去にイピカイエー、この結末にマザーファッカー。 by 谺 is an award-recognized work. The entry focuses on the published work, its author, and the context in which it was selected.

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翡翠と琥珀 by 酒井田貫太郎 is an award-recognized work. The entry focuses on the published work, its author, and the context in which it was selected.

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世界の終わりに問う賛歌 by 白樺みひゃえる is an award-recognized work. The entry focuses on the published work, its author, and the context in which it was selected.

A concise profile of 白樺みひゃえる's 世界の終わりに問う賛歌 through its award record.

華志摩さん is a work by 天宮伊佐受賞・候補作品。賞の記録で作品名は確認できるが、Amazon JP、NDL OPAC、出版社公式で同名の単行本・文庫・短編集として確実に対応する書誌を確認できなかったため、雑誌号や応募原稿の識別子は採用しない。

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ヒイラギエイク is a work by 海津ゆたか受賞・候補作品。賞の記録で作品名は確認できるが、Amazon JP、NDL OPAC、出版社公式で同名の単行本・文庫・短編集として確実に対応する書誌を確認できなかったため、雑誌号や応募原稿の識別子は採用しない。

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ふあゆ is a work by 今慈ムジナ受賞・候補作品。賞の記録で作品名は確認できるが、Amazon JP、NDL OPAC、出版社公式で同名の単行本・文庫・短編集として確実に対応する書誌を確認できなかったため、雑誌号や応募原稿の識別子は採用しない。

Verified information on ふあゆ is organized as prize-work data.

満点飾りのがんばり論！ is a work by 屋久ユウキ受賞・候補作品。賞の記録で作品名は確認できるが、Amazon JP、NDL OPAC、出版社公式で同名の単行本・文庫・短編集として確実に対応する書誌を確認できなかったため、雑誌号や応募原稿の識別子は採用しない。

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勇者に期待した僕がバカでした is a work by ハマカズシ受賞・候補作品。賞の記録で作品名は確認できるが、Amazon JP、NDL OPAC、出版社公式で同名の単行本・文庫・短編集として確実に対応する書誌を確認できなかったため、雑誌号や応募原稿の識別子は採用しない。

Verified information on 勇者に期待した僕がバカでした is organized as prize-work data.

A light novel combining mythic power with local setting, bringing a grand divine lineage premise into a contemporary story set in Saitama.

埼玉県神統系譜 is a work by 中村智紀 whose profile can be outlined through award records and bibliographic checks.

The award-stage title of a work later published as a battle fantasy set in a city of magic.

フルホシュタットの魔術士 is a work by 尾地雫 whose profile can be outlined through award records and bibliographic checks.

A youth light novel built around summer memory and fireworks, following the shimmer of passing time and emotion.

あの夏、最後に見た打ち上げ花火は is a work by 助供珠樹 whose profile can be outlined through award records and bibliographic checks.

The award-stage title of a work later reshaped as a fantasy about another world and alchemy.

異世界錬金メカニクス is a work by 伊神一稀 whose profile can be outlined through award records and bibliographic checks.

The award-stage title of a work later published as a story about a trading firm dealing in supernatural powers.

秘蹟商会 is a work by 小山恭平 whose profile can be outlined through award records and bibliographic checks.

Published as Kikai-jikake no Bloodhound, this dark fantasy follows a young detective in a town struck by grotesque crimes as he is drawn into a fate bound to mysterious fingers.

Around fingers that embody desire, the detectives' tragedy and comedy begin to move.

Published as Natsu no Owari to Reset Kanojo, this coming-of-age novel follows a boy and a classmate who has lost her memory in an accident as they try to begin again despite apparently having been a couple.

A summer-ending youth story about beginning a forgotten romance once more.

Published as Steam Heaven Freaks, this steampunk-flavored light novel is set in the American city of Visserburg, developed by steam and mystery, where strange figures run wild.

In a city of steam and mist, the chaos of eccentric figures unfolds with American-style momentum.

Published as Crazy Hat wa Nusumanai, this action fantasy follows Charles, a thief who steals dolls, as an unfamiliar calling card leads him into the secrets of an island.

A doll-stealing phantom thief is drawn by a false calling card into the mystery of a witch's island.

A dark fantasy about parasitic flowers that bloom from humans and a young man who hunts their hosts. The story centers on the protagonist's burdened atonement, killing in the name of rescue.

To save hosts controlled by demonic flowers, a young man keeps hunting while bearing their hatred.

祝園の短い歌 is an award-winning work by 大桑八代. Amazon JP, NDL, and related publisher records were checked, but no ISBN for a standalone book or paperback containing the work could be confirmed. Magazine and article identifiers were not reused.

祝園の短い歌, recorded as an award-winning work by 大桑八代.

人形遣い is an award-winning work by 賽目和七. A book record was confirmed through NDL, so the paper-book ISBN was used to cross-fill ASIN, ISBN-10, and ISBN-13 where applicable.

人形遣い, recorded as an award-winning work by 賽目和七.

王子降臨 is an award-winning work by 手代木正太郎. A book record was confirmed through NDL, so the paper-book ISBN was used to cross-fill ASIN, ISBN-10, and ISBN-13 where applicable.

王子降臨, recorded as an award-winning work by 手代木正太郎.

ラブコメの魔 is an award-winning work by 木村百草. Amazon JP, NDL, and related publisher records were checked, but no ISBN for a standalone book or paperback containing the work could be confirmed. Magazine and article identifiers were not reused.

ラブコメの魔, recorded as an award-winning work by 木村百草.

ノノメメ、ハートブレイク is an award-winning work by 近村英一. A book record was confirmed through NDL, so the paper-book ISBN was used to cross-fill ASIN, ISBN-10, and ISBN-13 where applicable.

ノノメメ、ハートブレイク, recorded as an award-winning work by 近村英一.

りあモンっ！ is a work by 森月朝文. Available descriptions point to a readable structure and a clearly defined premise.

りあモンっ！ offers a clear entry point into the qualities recognized by the award.

ウラビトのトビラ is a work by 高岡杉成. Award records show that the premise and conception were central to its recognition.

ウラビトのトビラ offers a clear entry point into the qualities recognized by the award.

下ネタという概念が存在しない退屈な世界 is a work by ペロペロ山根. Available descriptions point to a readable structure and a clearly defined premise.

下ネタという概念が存在しない退屈な世界 offers a clear entry point into the qualities recognized by the award.

吾輩は猫又である is a work by 竹林七草. Available descriptions point to a readable structure and a clearly defined premise.

吾輩は猫又である offers a clear entry point into the qualities recognized by the award.

それは、ついんてーるの異世界 is a work by 水沢夢. Available descriptions point to a readable structure and a clearly defined premise.

それは、ついんてーるの異世界 offers a clear entry point into the qualities recognized by the award.

After a breakup leaves Kana Miura without hope, she meets three youths on the school roof who call one another Lion, Tin Man, and Scarecrow. In a relationship modeled on The Wizard of Oz, these wounded teenagers waver between revenge and salvation as they reclaim a place to belong.

On a school roof, wounded teenagers search beyond revenge for a place to stand.

Koichi Usagida, pushed out of his place in the light music club, is caught playing guitar in a storage room by manga club leader Yuna Tomonari. As the school festival approaches, those who have been dismissed gather and race toward a musical revenge.

A mocked guitar boy and a manga-club girl set out to overturn their world at the school festival.

An ordinary high school student, Karato Masukawa, is shocked when Sana, a girl evolved from a parasite, bursts out of his body. She says she will protect him in exchange for nutrients from her host and even become his girlfriend, turning his life into a bizarre romantic comedy.

A parasite girl appears from his body and turns ordinary life into a parasite-themed romantic comedy.

This youth novel portrays the love and pain of teenagers who cannot measure their distance from others, building the story through accumulating misalignments of perception. Published under the title Kimi to wa Chimeiteki na Zure ga Aru after its award title From: A Certain Unlucky Letter, it places dissonance itself at the heart of the story.

A misalignment too deep to be mere misunderstanding changes love and pain decisively.

The award-winning Kokome ga Ikigimo o Tabeta was published under the title Akaoni wa Mo Nakanai. Drawing on ogres and folktale-like motifs, it unfolds as a light novel driven by comedy and energetic characterization.

An offbeat youth light novel that sends ogre motifs racing through fast dialogue and comedy.

An RPG-like fantasy set on a floating continent, where twin apprentice adventurers are drawn into a voyage on an exploration ship. It combines the comic idea of an unheroic hero with the excitement of leaving training life for the wider world.

An unheroic boy and his twin sister set out on an adventure beyond the floating continent.

A youth romantic comedy in which a girl who should exist only in manga appears in reality and disrupts the protagonist’s life. The work foregrounds otaku-culture parody and the noisy collapse of the boundary between fiction and everyday life.

The admired Nanaka is no longer beyond the screen; she is standing in reality.

A light novel set in a world covered by a twilight that invades vulnerable hearts and leads people toward death. A girl who can restore the blue sky and a young man sent to seize her travel together in an apocalyptic chase story.

In a world sealed under red twilight, a flight begins around the girl who can bring back the blue sky.

An unpublished submitted work whose title suggests a massive creature or strange presence. It was announced as an Excellence Award winner in the fourth Shogakukan Light Novel Award and was noted among an unusual group of works.

Even by title alone, the work calls up the presence of a creature outside ordinary life.

A supernatural battle story set in an imperial capital, where cursed siblings and other gifted figures confront the invasion of the Boys’ Society Rabbit Corps. The prize-winning title became part of the published Ibara no Majinaishi series, with this material developed in the third volume.

In an imperial capital threatened by a flying castle and a zombie army, the siblings fight for their bond.

A Japanese-style fantasy light novel in which a young samurai, an exorcist, and a mysterious girl enter a domain troubled by supernatural intrigue. Swordplay and the presence of spirits shape the adventure.

A Japanese-style fantasy light novel in which a young samurai, an exorcist, and a mysterious girl enter a domain troubled by supernatural intrigue.

A light novel in which a boy who has died relives his life from childhood and searches for fragments that may let him avoid death. Its reset premise is tied to romance, friendship, and the repair of regret.

A light novel in which a boy who has died relives his life from childhood and searches for fragments that may let him avoid death.

A light novel about a boy who can save reality and return to the saved point by dying. The convenient power does not simply rescue him; it presses hard on choice, responsibility, and despair.

A light novel about a boy who can save reality and return to the saved point by dying.

A school light novel in which an odd prop, an ocarina, nudges ordinary days into a chain of offbeat incidents. Its charm lies in deadpan exchanges and a plot that keeps tilting in unexpected directions.

A school light novel in which an odd prop, an ocarina, nudges ordinary days into a chain of offbeat incidents.

A comedy about a high school student who never meant to become an evil god but is pulled into chaos by a suspicious manual and starter kit. It bends supernatural battle conventions toward self-aware humor.

A comedy about a high school student who never meant to become an evil god but is pulled into chaos by a suspicious manual and starter kit.

A school battle light novel in which gardening-club boy Hiro Hainomiya meets Rika Mikoto, a mysterious girl wreathed in roses. Plant-shaped guns and flower-based powers set off romance and combat from an outrageous command.

One line from a rose-wreathed girl begins a school battle of flowers and powers.

A light novel that turns the odd idea of copying another person's face into grounded character drama. It treats the unease of borrowing a face, being seen, and becoming a substitute with the pace of a school story.

The power to copy faces is not just useful disguise; it unsettles the line between self and other.

After a worldwide terror event, a postcard to a detective agency begins a fight against an assassin targeting Miiku Nanatose. Terms such as savior, destroyer, and program intersect in a supernatural battle to protect a girl.

To protect a girl, a forbidden program that summons the world's strongest force begins to run.

A yuri light novel in which Hatsuyuki lives as another woman's younger sister for the sake of her real sister. Feelings toward both sisters, a constructed sibling bond, and fairy-tale references overlap in a quietly tense daily life.

Real and false sisterhood quietly bind a girl's daily life.

An award-submitted light novel concept set in an alternate Tokyo, using original terms and a violent school-action framework. Words such as archive districts and invented character systems try to build a large world, and its intensity was noted.

A high-energy school action story attempting to depict an alternate Tokyo through its own vocabulary.

The award-submission title Ai to Satsui to Kyokai Ningen was published by Gagaga Bunko as Marginal, a psychological suspense novel. A high school student is drawn into a disturbing case involving an underground site for people fascinated by murder and a serial killer.

A psychological suspense story where an underground site and murderous intent intersect.

A light novel set at a strict star-training high school, mixing a school-produced variety show, romance, and comic chaos among aspiring idols.

School life inside a television show accelerates romance and chaos.

This light novel begins with the bizarre premise that the protagonist wakes up transformed into a mobile phone, turning an everyday object into a source of comic confusion and unstable identity.

One morning, my body had become a mobile phone.

A high school student who saw war as a hollow, distant spectacle is forced to confront violence under everyday life when a classmate points a gun at him. It is a new kind of war story about death drawing close.

A war that seemed confined to television moves dangerously close to the classroom.

The award title Midori no Yami was published by Gagaga Bunko as Colorful World: Midori no Yami. Detailed summaries are limited, but bibliographic records confirm the retitled paperback publication.

A work that retained its award title while gaining a series title for paperback publication.

A gothic-tinged romantic comedy about an empty-handed magician and a translucent flying girl. The first volume was based on the award work and builds its story around lively exchanges and mysterious powers.

A magician's empty hands set the story in motion through his encounter with a translucent girl.

Sachi Yoshioka, a high school girl in love with love itself, is thrown into an unexpected fate after deciding to confess her feelings. Her gentle everyday life changes abruptly, and she must fight the person who has only just returned her feelings.

After love seems to bloom, the world begins to reveal a chain of misfortune.

Ichiro, a young man with multiple personalities, and Iko, a high school girl often absent from school, investigate disappearances linked to the urban-legend-like Star Eater. It is a supernatural suspense story where searchers and night-dwellers cross paths.

In the night of Michinomori City, disappearances linked to the Star Eater begin to unfold.

The award title Kyosu no Niwa was retitled Mystic Eye for publication. It begins with art-club girls lingering in a dormitory during winter break and moves from playful intimacy and a love triangle into fantasy and mystery.

In a closed girls' dormitory, idle games turn into a fantasy yuri mystery.