When I woke up, I was in the shape of a fish in the river. Why did I look like a fish, and who am I in the first place? While leaving only the memory of being human in the previous life and being puzzled by the loss of all memories of himself, the days of hunting for prey to live in the world to live have begun. And it seems that this small fish can become a dragon as it evolves. When I heard that from the skill of “voice of heaven” and had the purpose of living, I went to enjoy this world. This story is about a small fish aiming to become a dragon.

I opened my eyes to find myself in another world. But for some odd reason, I ended up as a sword. Before my eyes laid a plain full of magic beasts, and so, I launched my body and flew in search of a partner, a wielder (females only). Wait. Absorbing magic stones gets me skills? Oh hell yeah! This will be fun! More, more, give me more! Gimme all your magic stones! Okay, yeah no, but I am accepting anything anyone’s willing to give. This tale is one that follows your everyday nerd, normal as could be, save for the fact that he happened to reincarnate as a sword.

I woke up in an unknown forest. It seemed like this place was a fantasy world where strange-looking beasts ran rampant. And just like in a game, I seemed to be able to check my enemies’ and my ability. Let’s hunt monsters and gather titles in order to level up and evolve into a Greater Dragon! And I heard a mysterious voice in my head, “Let’s aim to be the strongest!”

Senjo Yona, a girl who was severely bullied and eventually killed in a gas explosion. After her death, she is reborn as『Lean Bloodlord』, the daughter of a vampire chieftain, through the power of the evil god Isuzu. There, a peaceful and harmonious life awaits her that is incomparable to her previous life. Surrounded by her loving parents, she made friends and lived a life of smooth sailing. ――But that time suddenly comes to an end because of humans who, for unreasonable reasons, want to eradicate the vampire race. 「Ah, I see. My life is ruined because there are humans.」 On the other hand, there is a girl who has been treated as a nuisance in a certain village. She has the qualities of a『Hero』and has tremendous talent and potential for the future, but her mind has been broken by humans, she has been brainwashed, and she is being used as a living weapon. 「In truth… I don’t want to protect people. I don’t want to be a hero.」 Eventually, they met, two people with an intense hatred for humans. And they become a disaster for humans. This is the story of two girls whose lives were ruined by humans and who once lost everything but their lives, and how they now use every means at their disposal to destroy humans and take revenge.

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.

Waking up from his sleep, the protagonist has been reincarnated as an earth dragon. Unable to do anything in this situation, he’s now enjoying his life as an earth dragon. However, he found out he is the best material humans can find. I’m not a material game! This is bad! At this rate, I will be hunted by the human! This is the story of a protagonist who was reincarnated as an earth dragon and his struggles in building the dungeon and making golems to protect himself and sleep.

I was run over by a truck and died, so for some reason, I got to decide which race to reincarnate as via roulette. That’s how I chose…a virus!? Seen off by a beautiful, easygoing goddess, I was sent to another world. “As expected, a virus is too meaningless. There were dragons and the like among different races…” I was depressed, but I soon noticed the cheat ability. Free possession. Copy skills that you can get every time you are infected. An almost infinite stock of life. Weakening the enemy to self-modify. Having become an immortal virus, I decided to enjoy a new life in a different world.

I noticed that I am a weed in the forest, but for some reason I can think and have an ego. Besides, there is also strange knowledge. I have no choice but to live for the time being, even though I feel something is wrong with the status screen and level like a game. I think I was originally a human being, but I don’t remember much about it. Aside from that, the light is delicious. When I thought that photosynthesis was good, I met a high elf girl who could hear the voice of plants. It’s great to be able to talk. For the time being, while giving fruits, I was pulled out by a girl and went to the elf village. I’m being carefully raised, yeah? Somehow it smells like spring. Apparently, the elves are a persecuted and exiled race. However, because it looks good, there are some undeliverable people who aim them as s*aves. A weed that already lived with elves like their families struggle to protect everyone. Evolve! This is a story of a kind-hearted weed that protects an elf, or a “world tree” that will eventually lead many.

Once upon a time, there lived a person consumed by the desire for revenge. After finally achieving his goal of seeking revenge against all of his enemies, he was ultimately sentenced to death. Though he accepted his punishment, he suddenly found himself standing in an unfamiliar and surreal place, as if caught in a hallucination during his final moments. As his consciousness began to fade, a distinct voice accompanied him and whispered—”Welcome to Hell!”