Poplar Publishing Co., Ltd. Otohatsuki’s “Manuru-san, who has given up being human, will tell your life story” has been selected as the Gold Prize winner of the “KaBoS Collection 2026”

[Poplar Publishing Co., Ltd.] Otohatsuki’s “Manuru-san, Who Has Stopped Being Human, Will Tell Your Life Fortune” has been selected as the Gold Prize winner of the “KaBoS Collection 2026” ​
Poplar Publishing Co., Ltd. Press Release: November 1, 2025 Otohatsuki’s “Manuru-san, who has given up being human, will tell your life fortune” has been selected as the Gold Prize winner of the “KaBoS Collection 2026” The paperback “Manul, Who Has Stopped Being Human, Will Tell Your Life Fortune,” published in November 2023 by Poplar Publishing Co., Ltd., has been selected as the Gold Prize winner of the “KaBoS Collection 2026,” sponsored by Katsugi Shoten.
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About the “KaBoS Collection” The “KaBoS Collection” is an awards program that selects paperbacks that are wholeheartedly recommended by the Katsugi Bookstore Group, which operates stores mainly in the Hokuriku region. This year marks the sixth time the awards have been held. The work with the highest sales volume among the 11 nominated works during the period will be awarded the Gold Prize and will be sold in all stores for one year. Past Gold Prize winners have experienced strong sales, leading to reprints and nationwide expansion. ＜Recommendation Comment＞ When you’re troubled, you need someone, something, to gently push you forward. Manul, a Pallas’s cat who has given up being human, offers advice to those who are lost in life through casual fortune-telling. Manul’s casual fortune-telling words are a real eye-opener. Have you read a book recently that comforted your weary heart and made you think, “Ah, that was good”? Here’s such a gentle book.
https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/31579/1111/31579-1111-12cd8fbc1161c0564708a2236474630e-1151×811.jpg Author’s Comments Thank you for selecting me as the recipient of the KaBoS Collection 2026 Gold Award. My award-winning work, “Manul, No Longer Human, Will Read Your Life Fortune—Please Forgive Me for Being Rough,” was published in November 2023, and I’m incredibly pleased that it’s been rediscovered after two years. When I tell Manul about her gold award, I’m sure she’ll smile with satisfaction and stroke her whiskers, saying, “See? My fortune told me right,” even though her very existence is mysterious. Manul is a Pallas’s cat who has experienced the good and bad of the world and has given up on humanity. I hope that her overly casual fortune-telling and
irresponsible words will continue to gently encourage someone or casually stroke them. Thank you to everyone at Katsugi Shoten Group who discovered Manul among the many works available. Thank you to everyone at Poplar Publishing who worked so hard to help Manul meet so many people. And to all the readers who brought Manul into their homes. Thank you so much. I hope that Manul’s kind, “perfect” words will make the daily lives of everyone involved just a little bit kinder. Oto wa tsuki ＜Author Profile＞ Oto wa tsuki (Oto・Hatsuki) In February 2020, he won the Starts Publishing Character Novel Award Special Prize. He made his debut with “We Are Still Blue.” He has written many works, including “We Wait for the Summer Dawn” and “To You, Who Wishes to Melt into the Night.” Book Synopsis The coffee shop “Manul” is home to a chubby, talking cat. A cat calling himself Manul has given up his human identity and become a Manul cat, apparently practicing fortune-telling in a corner of a coffee shop. However, he has no skill in fortune-telling, and simply tells fortunes as he pleases and dispenses random advice. Despite this, lost people continue to visit Manul tonight… For those of you who tend to get tired from trying too hard, Manul will teach you “how to live life a little more easily.” Book information
https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/31579/1111/31579-1111-870cec1a2ef07ec0ab4df54d3d871efd-694×1000.jpg Title: “Manul, who has given up being human, will tell your life story.” Please forgive my rough draft. Author: Oto Hatsuki Price: ¥847 (including 10% tax) Release Date: November 5, 2023 Bibliographic Page >>https://www.poplar.co.jp/book/search/result/archive/8101479.html Amazon＞＞ https://amzn.asia/d/g2Hbprj