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Comic Solmare's Grand Prize 2023 Announces Winners
posted on by Kim Morrissy
The grand prize winner was Jun Togashi. The manga is a Cinderella story set in a world where humans and ayakashi coexist.
The Men's Comic Prize went to both titles. My Stepmother and Stepsisters Aren't Wicked will release in May, and The Great Snake's Bride will release in July.
In the Women's Comic category, the winners were Denka, Kokoro no Koe ga Dadamore Desu! ("Your Highness, Your Inner Thoughts Are Gushing Out!").
As a nod to the increasing proliferation of other world-themed anime and manga, the competition added an isekai category for the genre in 2021. This year's winners are Yandere Mahōtsukai wa Sekizō no Otome Shika Aisenai: Majo wa Manadeshi no Atsui Kuchiduke de Tokeru ("The Yandere Magician Only Loves Stone Statues of Women: A Witch Melted by her Dearest Pupil's ionate Kiss").
In the Light Novel category, Jin Kizuki's Shinya Eigyō Kujiratei: Gozen 0-ji no Napolitan ("Kujiratei Is Open Late: Napolitan at 12 a.m.") and licensed the light novel and its manga adaptation. Seven Seas published the light novel's first volume in September.
The TL or "teens love" category, an erotic subgenre targeting female readers, awarded Rami Takashino's Osananajimi Bartender to Hajimeru Kaikan Lesson ("Starting a Lesson in Pleasure With My Childhood Friend Bartender") and Umenokoppe's Akuyaku Mob Reijō ni Tensei Shitara Kōryaku Taiyō no Saikyō Ōji kara Chōai Sareteimasu ("When I Was Reincarnated as a Villainess Background Character, the Love Interest Prince Started Revering Me").
Finally, the Minta Suzumaru's Takara no Biidoro ("Takara's Glass").
Public voting for the award ran from October 4 to November 30.
Source: Comic Natalie
