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Genres
Supernatural, Seinen, Fantasy, Psychological, Drama, Mystery, Slice of Life
Summary
- A collection of one-shots featuring a variety of characters, settings and relationships
- From touching and tear-jerking stories depicting bittersweet relationships and situations
- To more fantastical themes, such as body possessions and exploration of extraterrestrial life
Description
Collection of oneshots.
V.1 - Mushi to Uta (Insects and Songs)
"The Lover of Stars", a story spelling out the writer’s feelings for the little sister born from his fingers. "The Hinoshita Siblings", a moving story about the relationship between a highschool baseball player with an injured shoulder and "Hina", who continues to grow. "Violite", which describes the meeting of two people involved in a plane accident. Finally, "Insects and Songs", a shocking work that won the Shikitaishou award. These four stories, painting a picture of a unique setting and the bonds between various lifeforms who live in it, are recorded here. This is the long awaited first volume released by a new author rapidly growing in popularity as each of her sensational stories are published in monthly "Afternoon" magazine!!
V.2 - 25-Ji no Vacances (25-Hour Vacation)
Marine biologist Nishi Otome takes time off and reunites with her brother, Kotaro, for the first time in a while. He sees her at the 25th hour of the night with shellfish taking over her body in “25 Hour Vacation”. The meeting between the delinquent, Nana, and a strange transfer student to “Pandora Women’s College” located on a satellite of Saturn is described in “On Pandora”. In “The Funeral of the Moon”, a genius highschooler begins living with a lone man in the deep snows of the north.
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Other Facts
Published
Nov 25, 2009 to Aug 25, 2011
Serialization
Afternoon
Where to read
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