Kani Nayuta: Everyone has voted, right!
This message and a link suddenly appeared in the author group chat.
The cause was a poll initiated by a well-known ACG blogger on the Fujikawa Bunko website, the content of which was the best light novel works of recent years.
Because the blogger was very famous, the topic quickly became popular. The editor-in-chief of Fujikawa Bunko happened to see this information and decided to collaborate, setting up awards.
This was, of course, very different from previous awards. The more famous awards in the past were the Newcomer Awards held by several industry leaders, which unearthed many excellent works.
Among them, Kasumigaoka Utaha's "Love Metronome" and Yamada Elf's "Explosive Flame Dark Elf" first gained fame through this.
This was very friendly to new authors who had not yet made a name for themselves. Of course, there were also authors like Kani Nayuta, Senju Muramasa, and him who did not participate in the Newcomer Awards but submitted their works directly and got accepted.
Facts also proved that the editors' judgment was indeed not a problem.
The popularity of works in the Newcomer Awards was a major indicator, but the actual winners were still selected by editors. However, this time, the selection was entirely done by readers, which was the biggest difference.
The difference in participation made everyone excited.
What will be the best work in everyone's mind?
Next, the popularity of each work will determine the winner!
Due to Fujikawa Bunko's involvement, the influence of this poll changed, and even authors couldn't help but pay attention to it.
Currently, the number one ranked work is not Kani Nayuta's "Silver Season," nor is it Senju Muramasa's "Fantasy Demon Blade Chronicles," but Izumi Masamune's "Puella Magi Madoka Magica."
This was surprising, yet reasonable.
In terms of absolute sales, puella magi madoka magica has not yet surpassed the other two, but the popularity accumulated after the anime is even stronger. To put it crudely, the number of 'cloud people' has increased, and more people have recently wanted to read the novel.
Beyond that, there's the support from other creators.
For example, Kani Nayuta's latest update was: 'I participated in the best light novel selection, and I chose "Puella Magi Madoka Magica."'
The comments below naturally turned into...
["Teacher, you still can't forget Old Thief!"]
["Oh, wow, even Teacher Kani has defected. What should we do? How can we compete now?"]
["Don't say it, even Teacher Senju Muramasa, who can be compared to Old Thief, is the same."]
["What? Teacher Senju Muramasa also posted a message?"]
["Why is this happening? Old Thief gets double the happiness without paying any price..."]
Incidentally, after Kani Nayuta shared the link with Senju Muramasa, Muramasa immediately voted and described it with a long passage of text, incisively and vividly, praising it to the skies.
Making fans think: We have to vote for this!
This led to "Puella Magi Madoka Magica"'s votes being far ahead, with a huge gap from the second and third places.
At the same time, Senju Muramasa's first public statement also sparked new discussions.
["It's alive, it's alive, Teacher Senju's account is alive!"]
["Eh, was this posted by her herself this time? Wasn't Fujikawa Bunko operating it before?"]
["Teacher Senju, so you also read... Old Thief's novels!"]
["I just found out today! Teacher Senju never posted updates before, they were always posted by others."]
["Did she change for Old Thief? I feel like I've been cuckolded by Old Thief."]
["The person upstairs is too good at self-fantasy!"]
["Don't you know? Actually, Teacher Senju's writing style is very similar to Old Thief's "Demon Slayer." It caused quite a stir back then... Now it seems the truth is out!"]
["No wonder the pen names and writing styles of Izumi Masamune and Senju Muramasa fit so well together. There really is something fishy! I guessed right!"]
["Senju's stock is real! I vote for Teacher!"]
Looking back at the author group chat.
Kasumigaoka Utaha: I've always been a loyal fan of Teacher!
Kuroneko: Already voted.
Senju Muramasa: The best work in my heart is Chihiro's creation itself.
Kani Nayuta: Plus one, I've always thought so too.
Izumi Masamune: What you two said touched me.
Kani Nayuta: A wild senpai has appeared! Quickly catch him!
Izumi Masamune: Am I a Pokémon?
Kani Nayuta: No, just a treasure!
Izumi Masamune:...
Kasumigaoka Utaha:...
Kuroneko:...
Eromanga Sensei:...
Yamada Elf:...
Everyone fell silent for a moment.
Yamada Elf: By the way, why don't I see my work? I scrolled for a long time. It can't be that it wasn't included, right? That guy, I'm going to report him!
Izumi Masamune: Is there a possibility, I mean, a possibility... that everyone voted for others, and the number of votes wasn't enough, so it's not showing up in the rankings.
Yamada Elf: How is that possible! My servants promised to vote for me! I even worked overtime for this!
Kasumigaoka Utaha: I checked Teacher Yamada's work, and the number of votes is even less than mine. Hmm...
Kuroneko: Your expression right now should be mocking, right?
Yamada Elf: Angry.jpg, I absolutely won't accept it!
Everyone seemed to see Miss Elf's angry little expression again from being thwarted, and they were amused.
Additionally, one important piece of news related to him recently was that last year's Best Adapted Animation Award also went to "Puella Magi Madoka Magica."
This was well-deserved, without any controversy.
"Rebellious Story" replaced the main "Madoka" series to win Animation of the Year, and he personally won the Original Work Award.
Other categories like Best Director and Best Art also involved these two works.
Fans in the comment section below expressed their agreement and recommendations.
"[It won! And such a big award! Congratulations, Old Thief!"]
["I hope everyone can read the original 'Madoka' novel. There are many details that weren't revealed, and combining it with the anime makes the story easier to understand."]
["Check out the original work, everyone!"]
["Woohoo, Izumi-sensei has truly made a name for himself across the world now! It's just a bit of a shame that we still haven't seen the Old Thief's real face..."]
["If everyone recommends Madoka so much, then I'll recommend the Old Thief's other works to everyone. Perhaps you can find the same joy you felt watching Madoka..."]
By now, the historical status of "puella magi madoka magica" was thoroughly established.
Although the writing was different from his previous life, he still managed to elevate this work to such a height, which could be considered not to have disgraced this excellent work.
After this, the name Izumi Masamune had resonated throughout the entire otaku culture industry. In terms of fame, he had already surpassed Kani Nayuta and Senju Muramasa.
Overall, the titles of the three peaks of the light novel industry, the three supreme kings, finally fit him perfectly.
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