This is a group of short stories centered around different sad-sack or comedic people in the waning days of World War II and the recovery after.

Kishi Keiichirou is a pathologist who advises doctors on their diagnoses and whose judgement is widely accepted. Though an eccentric that few people can stand to associate personally, Kishi is passionate about...

A school wonder life of two girls! Nagi, a girl who sees stars in her eyes when she wonders, and Yu, who cares for her. The friendship between the two people is at the mercy of the mysterious events that occur...

When Kurumi was a third year middle schooler, her mother squandered 20 million yen playing the foreign exchange market during an economic depression, and consequently, took her own life. Now an adult, Kurumi is...

Ryuhei Naoki was genius writer. He was called “Mister Nobel” by some media because he was supposed most likely to win the Nobel Prize in Literature . But then he had an accident and passed away. Now a ghost the...

Haruko is a teenage girl who shares with her brother a love of laying around the house in sweats, watching television and playing video games. Her brother has a few friends, but Haruko has a lot of problems...

Everyone has a secret and are anxious about it. For example, if it's a sexual preference that is difficult for others to understand. This is a naked confession by sexual perverts visiting the cafe "statice".

A collection of short stories which feature the mystery of human beings with a seemingly surreal yet pure literature-like style. Akahoshi-kunSuiheisen JPG (Water Horizon JPG)Hiruyasumi (Lunch Break)Dan-kun no...

This is a short story collection anchored with the tale of a young woman who is trying to ignore the reality that her husband is a serial killer, including "The Record of Peter Kyulten", "Sensual Nights", "Lord...

Keiichi Maebara has moved to Hinamizawa Village, a cold village in the mountains. I was fulfilled in the lively and irreplaceable daily life with my friends. Knowing the horrific dismembered murders that...

The protagonist, Okada, is in his mid-twenties and works part-time for a building cleaning company. He lives his life feeling anxious and dissatisfied with his unremarkable days. What will he do when he can’t...

Everything about college student Amamiya Yuuhi is average: grades, looks, and his blasé outlook on life. So what happens when he awakens one day to a talking lizard, who informs him that there is a gigantic...

A high school that has achieved zero bullying thanks to excellent teachers and a perfect monitoring system. Kiyokazu, a first-year student there, meets his former classmate Shijo, who was bullied in middle...

A "New Hero" to fight bullying! According to a survey by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT), the number of recognized cases of bullying has been increasing every year...

44-year-old Akiyama works for a company that manufactures toilets. He is stressed often as a middle manager, stuck between his supervisor and his subordinates. As a way to relieve his stress, he likes to...

Nagata spent 11 years in an orphanage starting at the age of four. He, along with his two older sisters, entered a facility in the Yoshikata neighborhood of the town of Shōnai in Yamagata prefecture. There...