In this collection of hauntingly elliptical short stories, Oji Suzuki explores memory, relationships, and loss with a loose narrative style, filling each tale with a sense of unfulfilled longing. He plumbs the dissolute depths of human psychology, literally bathing his characters in expansive shadow...
After a ten year long war broke out, there were displaced soldiers called Rabi who can manipulate and create golems for the sake of battle. Many turned to becoming bandits, but there was one man among them who chose to fight against fellow Rabi. His name is Humpty, and this is his story. Alt name(s...
From Broccoli: In the ancient House of Nekogami, sibling rivalry is a game of life and death. The patriarch of the Nekogami family is dead, and his grandson Sukekiyo is the rightful heir. There is just one problem--Sukekiyo is away at war, whereabouts unknown. Only one person can inherit the fortune...
Iori Kandono is suffering from a new illness called Monderella Syndrome, thanks to which she would suddenly experience severe pain in her chest. To make the pain go away, she can either take the medicine or get a massage by a male person. One day she forgets her medicine at home and has such an atta...
The protagonist lives and works in a boarding house and has a phobia of boys, however she finds herself having to manage her fear when two new boys are hired in the boarding house who will live and work there. One is a silent boy who confesses he hates girls, the other is a school friend who can't s...