In these troubling times, Luke, the son and heir of the lord of the land, turned twelve and received a Gift. Unfortunately, it was a Gift useless in combat called [Village Building]. To make matters worse, his step-brother was the one blessed to inherit their father’s [Master Swordsmanship]. And so, their positions were completely reversed. Luke was then banished to an uninhabited wasteland. There, his mysterious Gift activated and instantly made a village. He thus prepared himself to live modestly in this tiny village of his. Or so he thought. As the population of his village grew and grew, his Gift got stronger and stronger until it evolved. Before he knew it, his [village] had tall buildings everywhere and had the strongest army. His village became the best there was…! “Wait, can this still be called a village? And what happened to the slow life I’m supposed to have…?”

With a hideous visage they came to be known as goblins. Hunted day after day, trampled, and crushed, these creatures lived with no other lot than to be killed. But all that changed when the king was born.

The reincarnated boy, who was renamed Zeros, was told by God to choose one skill and wanted a robbery skill that robs others of their skills … “It’s boring cause everyone chooses that.” “What?” A different world story of a person who can no longer choose popular standard skills due to the influence of an unreasonable god.

Bash, the Orc Warrior, is a Hero. During the war, he crushed and defeated all that stood in his path. He is respected by all Orcs as the Orc among Orcs. However, Bash has a secret. He has no experience with women – he, the Hero, was a virgin. For Orcs, who hold combat and sexual prowess in high regard, being a virgin was tremendously shameful. [The fact that I’m a not only a virgin, but a virgin Orc Hero, is a shame for all of Orcish society. I want a wife too!] With this in mind, he decides to embark on a journey. In order to protect the pride and honor of his race, but mostly to finally get his d*ck wet, he decides to go to leave on a grand quest to find himself a woman.

An old man who is tired of his slow body leaves the youngsters across the country in the dust as he transfers to another world. But you know? It’s a little too late for that! What am I supposed to do!? Just then, the god offered him a single lifeline. His one ray of hope is a skill that allows him to slowly grow younger. And with this small hope, the old man begins his journey.

A world where VR machine was widely used in daily life. In a world that had gone through great war that greatly changed the sense of values of the people, VRMMO Pandora’s Box was developed and it obtained great fame in the VR game industry. The main character Naruse Akito was invited by his friend to play that game and chose to use the joke race orc as his avatar. His avatar’s name was Ponsuke. Even though he was treated as a joke by his surrounding, Akito had fun playing the game. However changes also happened to the real world while he was playing the game……. What would the orc Ponsuke―Akito learned in the virtual world and real world?

An 18-year-old girl who lost her family in an accident, Yamano Mitsuha falls off a cliff one day and transferred to a different world with a civilization level of medieval Europe. Mitsuha who discovered it was possible to go and return to Earth after a deadly fight with wolves decided to live in both worlds. 「For the sake of security in old age, I will aim for 80,000 gold coins!」 I will try not to let strange things circulate and distort the progress of the world, but I won’t hold back for the sake of my easy life and safety! While carrying three handguns along with words and deeds that appear decent, in her head, Yamano Mitsuha is a sly girl. Making an effort to make money even with a small body that looks like a child to foreigners! Oh, my secrets are too dangerous, you said? It’s fine, it’s fine! I’ll transfer away when push comes to shove!

A class full of idols and beautiful people are sent to another world. However there is one guy who is ugly, fat and smells… our protagonist. This is his comedic story of evolution and the slow building of his harem. The first heroine is a gorilla.

Iruma Takumi, a 40-year old salary man, was dragged into a hero summoning just like in a template. What was his fate? The Goddess sent him and the heroes to the other world separately. With the Goddess’ overprotective support, he landed in a different world looking handsome, rejuvenated, and quite different from a Japanese. Although he wanted a slow life while working in the manufacturing trade, that was not permitted by the Goddess’ special body and abilities. Would Takumi be able to live a peaceful life in a different world?

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