A man is stabbed by a robber on the run after pushing his coworker and his coworker’s new fiance out of the way. As he lays dying, bleeding on the ground, he hears a voice. This voice is strange and interprets his dying regret of being a virgin by giving him the [Great Sage] unique skill! Is he being made fun of?!! Piccoma Award 2021

Saying 5000 year-old-dragon has an impressive ring to it, yet that dragon was an extremely harmless, herbivorous being. However, because of his uselessly giant figure and scary appearance, he was mistaken for the Demon King’s executive and provided by the nearby village with a sacrificial maiden. Fundamentally cowardly and timid dragon tried to send her away, but the extremely enthusiastic sacrifice didn’t want to give up. Inevitably, he lied: “Okay, I just ate a small portion of your soul, so you can go back already”, but the maiden with outrageous assumptions has misunderstood that she became the dragon’s kin. Then, out of all things, she began to manifest strange power on the basis of her wrong assumptions – in turn, the helpless dragon, by some mistake started a rebellion against the Demon King. Rebellion or whatnot, he wasn’t even his subordinate in the first place.

The eldest son of the assassin aristocrat Tuatha Dé. The skill, experience, knowledge of the previous life, magic, all of which grows his power as an assassin. Excellent assassins pass through. He was usually admired as the ideal lord, and behind it wielded a blade as an assassin aristocrat.

With the Goddess’ blessing, he became a 『Divine Knight』 and founded an Empire. As time passed, he grows older, and by the time the heavens called for him to come, the Goddess showed before him, asking for his last wish. He wished to be reincarnated in the future. He dedicated all his life for his people, he had no time to master his own arts. This time, he wishes to live for himself, forging his body to the utmost limit. The Goddess complied with his wish. In the far future, the King shall reincarnate as the 『daughter』 of a renowned Knight family. And, under some circumstances, she is labeled as a failure of a Knight, however—— 「How convenient. I can stand on the foremost line without needing any rank. No better training than actual combat!」 Thus, the legend of the world’s strongest, most beautiful Knight Disciple (♀) has begun—

Noir, third son of a “beggar noble,” lost his job and was at a loss, but fortune struck just as he was contemplating becoming an adventurer. Hidden Dungeons that no one knows how to enter. Legendary places full of extremely rare magical beasts, magic tools for power beyond measure and items that would be considered a rarity all over the world. To such a dungeon the entrance was opened. “Without telling anyone about this place I’ll secretly become the strongest.” This world is harsh to nobles of poverty. Without authority or honor, if I could at least acquire power――

Arnold Academy of Magic, a prestigious academy that has produced many great magicians. A boy, Ray White, decided to attend there as the only magician from an ordinary family to enter since the Academy began. Surrounding him are all students from aristocrat and magician families that disdain him. But people don’t know. He is a person who has made many achievements in the former Far East battle, and is now said to be the strongest among the seven great magicians in the world. Despite being disregarded as a magician, he eventually shows his power to the surroundings…!?

Ryouma Takuma, a 39 year-old man with a hidden past, finds himself in a strange white room. There the gods tell him that he has died and that they are sending his soul to a different world; a world where magic exists. After living alone for three years his gamer soul loses common sense and starts toward crazy routes.

One day, the life of middle-aged Japanese businessman Takebayashi Ryouma came to a rather sudden and disappointing end. Ryouma had never had a blessed life, but after his death, three great gods sought his cooperation and reincarnated him as a child in another world with swords and magic! Receiving a most cordial and divine welcome from the gods, Ryouma decides to live leisurely on his own in the forest for the time being. Working diligently at magic and hunting, Ryouma’s greatest passion comes to be researching his tamed slimes?! Training a variety of slimes (some newly discovered), the curtain rises on this easygoing life fantasy celebrating a second life with kind people in another world!

After 2000 years has passed, the ruthless demon lord has just been reincarnated! But his aptitude at an academy for nurturing candidates for demon lords is, “Inept”!? Having the capability to destroy humans, elementals, and gods, after a long period of countless wars and strife, Arnos the demon lord became sick and tired of all that and longed for a peaceful world, so he decided to reincarnate to the future. However, what awaited him after his reincarnation is a world too used to peace that his descendants became too weak due to a huge weakening in magical powers. Arnos enrolled in the Maou Academy established to find any students that might be the demon lord’s reincarnation, but his powers are too extraordinary that those in the academy couldn’t properly judge his powers, so he’s regarded as an “Inept student”. Being underestimated and avoided by most people there, he recruited a girl friendly to him, Misha, as his subordinate and comrade, and strives to climb to the top of the demon race hierarchy to one day reclaim his former title and status.

At the age of eight, I realised I had reincarnated as the nefarious last boss of an otome game, Queen Pryde. Her fighting strength is high because she’s the last boss who will fight with the capture target, and her superior cunning wits make her the most powerful first princess in a matriarchal country. Since she brings misfortune to all that surrounds her, what awaits is a future of ruination! …really, wouldn’t it be better if I died? In this case, I’ll avoid destruction from the capture target and freely use my authority and cheat abilities to save everyone! –Canes Venetici