is a Japanese

light novel A light novel (, Hepburn: ''raito noberu'') is a style of young adult novel primarily targeting high school and middle school students. The term "light novel" is a '' wasei-eigo'', or a Japanese term formed from words in the English languag ...

ist best known for his series ''

Kure-nai is a Japanese light novel series by Kentarō Katayama, with illustrations by Yamato Yamamoto. A manga adaptation started serialization in the first issue of '' Jump Square'' magazine and had its last chapter published in the June 2012 iss ...

'', which has been adapted into a manga in Jump SQ. and an

anime is hand-drawn and computer-generated animation originating from Japan. Outside of Japan and in English, ''anime'' refers specifically to animation produced in Japan. However, in Japan and in Japanese, (a term derived from a shortening of ...

. ''Kure-nai'' has three individual books illustrated by

Yamato Yamamoto is a Japanese manga artist most notable for providing the illustrations for the Kentarō Katayama's light novel series ''Kure-nai'', as well as creating the related manga. Yamamoto has also been the illustrator for the manga series ''Seraph ...

. Katayama won an honorable mention at the Super Dash Novel Rookie of the Year Awards in 2003 for his story '' Denpa teki na Kanojo''.

Novels

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Denpateki na Kanojo is a Japanese light novel series by Kentarō Katayama, with illustrations by Yamato Yamamoto. Three novels were published by Shueisha, under their Super Dash Bunko imprint, between 2004 and 2005. The series remains unfinished. Under the ti ...

'' *''Denpateki na Kanojo ~Orokamono no Sentaku~'' *''Denpateki na Kanojo ~Kōfuku Gēmu~'' *''

'' *''Kure-nai ~Guillotine~'' *''Kure-nai ~Shūakusai 1~'' *''Kure-nai ~Shūakusai 2~''

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