Shueisha Mirai Bunko Grand Award
スプラッシュ! ぼくは犬かきしかできない (集英社みらい文庫)
The award-winning manuscript Swim, Dog-Paddle Boy! was published as Splash! I Can Only Dog-Paddle. It follows Kyohei Inui, a middle schooler good at nearly every sport, as he struggles to help the swimming club despite his one weakness: swimming.
Work Information
The one weakness of an otherwise perfect sports boy sets both the swimming club and his first crush in motion.
Kyohei Inui has been good at sports since elementary school, but when the classmate he admires asks him to help the swimming club, he faces a fatal weakness: he is terrible at swimming. The book turns first love, club activity, and overcoming weakness into a fast-moving Mirai Bunko award winner.
Review Summaries
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The bright, straightforward protagonist and lively prose are praised. The story balances humor with excitement and leaves an encouraging aftertaste through the protagonist's growth.
Book Information
- Publisher
- 集英社
- Published
- 2019-12-20
- Pages
- 192 pages
- Language
- 日本語
- Size
- 11.2 x 1.2 x 17.3 cm
- ISBN-13
- 9784083215445
- ISBN-10
- 4083215445
- Price
- 704 JPY
- Category
- 本/絵本・児童書/読み物/冒険
スポーツ万能男子の中1・犬井くんが一目ぼれした同級生のために水泳部に入部! だけど犬井くんには水泳だけは苦手という欠点が…!?
Related Literary Awards
- Shueisha Mirai Bunko Grand Award Edition 8 (2019) ・grand prize