Natsume Akatsuki (暁なつめ, ''Akatsuki Natsume'') is a Japanese light novel author and manga writer from Echizen,

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, Japan. He is best known for writing the ''

KonoSuba is a Japanese light novel series written by Natsume Akatsuki. The series follows Kazuma Sato, a boy who is sent to a fantasy world with MMORPG elements following his death, where he forms a dysfunctional adventuring party wi ...

'' series.

Career

In 2012, Akatsuki entered his debut work for the 8th MF Bunko J Light Novel Rookie Award under the

pen name A pen name, also called a ''nom de plume'' or a literary double, is a pseudonym (or, in some cases, a variant form of a real name) adopted by an author and printed on the title page or by-line of their works in place of their real name. A pen na ...

. However, it only made it to the second round. After that, he began posting his writing to the user-generated novel website

Shōsetsuka ni Narō is a Japanese novel self-publishing website created by . It was launched on April 2, 2004. Users can upload their novels free of charge and the novels are also free to read. As of December 2022, the site hosts close to 1,000,000 novels, has ove ...

under the same name. On August 19, 2012, under the name , he began serializing ''

Combatants Will Be Dispatched! is a Japanese light novel series, written by Natsume Akatsuki and illustrated by Kakao Lanthanum. Originally serialized as a web novel in Shōsetsuka ni Narō between August 2012 and September 2012, Kadokawa Shoten have published the serie ...

'', which concluded on September 10 of the same year with 68 chapters. In the same month, under the name , he published . After this, he closed his account. After a short time, Akatsuki created a new account on Shōsetsuka ni Narō under the username and begun uploading once again. He published before taking it down, only making the work available again on February 1, 2013. On December 20, 2012, he began serializing ''

,'' which finished on October 21, 2013, with 124 chapters. It was announced in the same year that ''KonoSuba'' would be published by

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under their Sneaker imprint. On December 10, 2013, ''KonoSuba'' was taken off the Shōsetsuka ni Narō website. March 27, 2013, saw the release of the ''KonoSuba'' side-story . The same work would be published in book form on April 1, 2016, as . Akatsuki officially debuted on October 1, 2013, with the first volume of ''KonoSuba'' being published in book form. On October 1, 2014, he released his first novel, ''Dragontarashi'', for free on his blog. In 2016, he would write and begin publishing the manga '' Kemono Michi''. It would receive an anime adaptation in 2019. ''KonoSuba'' received an anime adaptation in 2016. It would later on have a sequel anime in 2017 followed by a movie in 2019. Akatsuki's ''Combatants Will Be Dispatched!'' started publishing on November 1, 2017. It received an anime adaptation in 2021.

Works

Novels

''KonoSuba''

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'' (illustrated by

Kurone Mishima Kurone Mishima (三嶋くろね) is a Japanese illustrator from Saitama Prefecture. She is best known as the illustrator of the ''KonoSuba'' and ''Akashic Records of Bastard Magic Instructor'' light novels. Works Light novels *''KonoSuba'' *''Ma ...

, published by

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, 17 volumes, 2013–2020) **''KonoSuba: An Explosion on this Wonderful World!'' (illustrated by Kurone Mishima, published by Kadokawa Sneaker Bunko, 3 volumes, 2014–2015) ***''KonoSuba: An Explosion on this Wonderful World! Bonus Story'' (illustrated by Kurone Mishima, published by Kadokawa Sneaker Bunko, 2 volumes, 2016–2019) **''Kono Kamen no Akuma ni Sōdan o!'' (illustrated by Kurone Mishima, published by Kadokawa Sneaker Bunko, 1 volume, 2016) ** ''KonoSuba: God's Blessing on this Wonderful World! Extra Attention to that Wonderful Fool!'' (illustrated by Kurone Mishima, published by Kadokawa Sneaker Bunko, 7 volumes, 2017–present)

''Combatants Will Be Dispatched!''

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'' (illustrated by Kakao Lanthanum, published by Kadokawa Sneaker Bunko, 7 volumes, 2017–present)

Manga

*'' Kemono Michi'' (illustrated by Mattakumo-suke; Yumenuta, published in ''

Monthly Shōnen Ace is a monthly shōnen manga magazine in Japan published by Kadokawa Shoten, started in 1994. Unlike the big shōnen weeklies with circulation figures in the millions, ''Ace'' is aimed at a less mainstream audience, and has a particular emphasis on ...

'', 10 volumes, 2016–present)

Other credits

*'' Re:Zero − Starting Life in Another World'' (anime announcement narration writer; Episodes 18, 25) *''Combatants Will Be Dispatched!'' (animation script cooperation; Episode 10)

References

External links

Jitakukeibihei
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account (Writings expunged) *
Author's blog
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First work collection
- ''KonoSuba short stories,'' ''Ninja ga Isekai'' ''Iri'' (Entire novel) *
Second work collection
- ''KonoSuba short stories, Dragontarashi'' (Entire novel)
Hideaki Natsuki blog
(Content expunged) {{DEFAULTSORT:Akatsuki, Natsume Living people Japanese novelists Light novelists People from Fukui Prefecture Year of birth missing (living people)