Kotonoha Bunko x Magical i-Land “The world of Japanese-style Ayakashi that touches your heart” contest runner-up prize winner! Kotonoha Bunko “Goldfish Princess and the Insei no Hoozuki” will be released on May 20th!

Micro Magazine Co., Ltd. (Chuo-ku, Tokyo) will release Kotonoha Bunko “Goldfish Princess and the Insei no Hozuki'' (Author: Fudwari Nodoka/Illustrator: Nanahara Shie) on May 20th.

Goldfish Princess and the Ghost of the Underworld
https://kotonohabunko.jp/detail/kingyohime/
Author: Fudwari Nodoka / Illustration: Shie Nanahara
ISBN:9784867165751
List price: 792 yen (720 yen + tax 10%)
Release date: May 20, 2024

• Synopsis

Kotonoha Bunko x Magical i-Land “The world of Japanese-style Ayakashi that touches your heart” contest runner-up prize winner!
A sad yet beautiful love story between a person and Ayakashi.

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Sui, who lives in a world of only ayakashi ruled by Hoozuki, the great monster Nine-Tailed Fox,

Among them, a goldfish princess with special powers.
Therefore, Midori is targeted by both Ayakashi and humans living in this world.

I find solace in peeking into the real world reflected on the surface of the water.

She spends her days suffocating with her cat cradle, Mokuren, who acts as her bodyguard.

One day, Midori meets a lost human corpse.

Because that person was the grandmother of Seita, a young man from this world who was always peeking in,

This develops into a commotion that even involves the .

Humans and Ayakashi. Each of them hides strong feelings in their hearts and cares for someone else.
A love story for adults packed with love stories!

• Recommended points by Kotonoha Bunko Editorial Department!

★《This world》 and 《Hereworld》. A fantastic story in which the inhabitants of two worlds overlap.

The world of people and the world of Ayakashi. Residents of two worlds that never intersect,

The story begins when they meet Midori, the goldfish's ayakashi, who has a desire to help people who are suffering.

The characters are warmly depicted as they interact with each other while keeping their strong feelings hidden in their hearts.

This is a work that will make you feel like your heart is being shaken.

★Love between people and love between Ayakashi. What will happen to your feelings of thinking about someone important to you?

Haruta thought about the happiness of his fiancée, Natsuna, and gave up on getting married because it was important to her.

Mokuren, a cat ayakashi, comes to the human world as Midori's bodyguard while hiding his feelings.

By depicting the “love” between a person and Ayakashi from each perspective,

The preciousness and sadness of “caring for someone'' is conveyed with plenty of emotion.

This is a fleeting yet beautiful love story that will bring tears to your eyes.

• “All the love depicted in this work is endearing.'' Many people praised the story of fleeting love!

  Introducing the impressions of those who read the galley ahead of time!

What a wonderful story!
Love sometimes brings painful and sad feelings.
There are joys, sadness, jealousy, and pain that you can't forget even if you want to, but all of them are precious.
It's rare to be able to desperately seek someone out.
The ending that awaited me after three loves connected made my heart bloom like a cherry blossom, dyed in a gentle pink color.

A very cute goldfish princess. I'm sure you'll want to support me!

(Bookstore staff)

A story about a strong but young goldfish princess who longs for the world, learns about humans, and learns about love.
Although the Goldfish Princess was naive and reckless,

She has a very pure heart, and her single-mindedness is

The characters, including herself, change little by little – and in the process, she herself grows.
“Love” is one thing, but the feeling of dreaming about “love” also seems to have strong power.
It was a love story like looking into a sparkling goldfish bowl.

(Reviewer)

It is a story of ayakashi that reminds you of the fairy tale of the mermaid princess.

I was excited to see where Midori and Haruta's feelings would go, and I couldn't take my eyes off each development.

The part where Midori learns about the types of emotions such as “love” and true love through her conversation with Haruta is as follows:

I had a feeling that it would capture the hearts of people who haven't yet had their first love, or those who haven't had one recently.

As the story progresses, Midori and Haruta, of course,

I want the other characters' love lives to end without regrets! I found myself wishing that.

All the love stories depicted in this work were adorable.

Also, the way the past and present overlap in the second half of the story warmed my heart.

(Reviewer)

• Author information

Author: Fudwari Nodoka
Lives in Aichi Prefecture. She is writing her work while being swayed by her three cats and her naughty child.
In this work, Magical i Land x Kotonoha Bunko “The world of Japanese-style Ayakashi that touches the heart'' contest

Won the runner-up award and made his debut.
My hobby is handmade accessories.

Illustration: Shie Nanahara
Illustrator from and living in Aomori Prefecture.
Mainly produces Japanese style and Japanese pattern illustrations for both commercial and original illustrations.
He has a reputation for gorgeous, detailed, and fantastical designs that are modern arrangements of Japanese illustrations.

• “Konoha Bunko” is where you are sure to find stories that touch your heart.

Kotonoha Bunko is a literary label of Micro Magazine, which celebrates its 5th anniversary this year.

The “My House is a Ghostly Bookstore'' series, which has sold over 70,000 copies in total,

Ayakashi Monogatari “Policeman and Maneki Neko'' series, which is exploding in popularity.

We publish a variety of works that will touch your heart, such as the “Ooku no Goyuhude'' series.

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