Kimiko, a young city-girl wife of a company man, Susumu, was surprised when her husband declared that he wanted to quit his job. He was from a farming family, and he wanted to return to the country and his f...

Rio was looking forward to spending her summer vacation in Tokyo, meeting boys and going out with friends. But after a change of plans forces her to stay the (whole!!) summer with her grandmother in the coun...

After her normal, happy life shatters, Tokiko and her father move to a small seaside town to live with her grandmother as sixth grade starts. There, the sound of the waves brings back a distant memory from w...

Kirsti Rivers is an LA girl suddenly transplanted to the small New England town of Arkham Woods. Kirsti and her mother are there to clear out and sell the house left to them by Silas Scadmore, Kirsti’s ecc...

Nishiki, who lives out in the countryside, loves studying. But due to the arranged marriage her parents have planned for her, she's finding her hometown a bit cramped. One day, she happens to meet Atsumori, ...

Collection of short stories: 1) Butterfly Cloud Best friends Kiyo, Kanta, and Goma live in a small, depopulated island in the Seto Inland Sea. One day, a transfer student from Tokyo arrives. Before long Rit...

1. Only One Person in This World (Konoyo ni Tada Hitori) Hachi is the daughter of a beekeeper. Mitsuko is drawn to Hachi who is rough and foul mouthed but mature. She wants to follow Hachi wherever she goes;...