Petit Bourgeois Volume 6 Commentary: Kobato-kun Becomes a Bedridden Person by Masato Matsuura

[Note about Masato Matsuura: A Japanese politician who mainly served as the mayor of Hōfu City in Yamaguchi Prefecture.] Epilogue | Contents The detective story which began with the two high school students, Kobato-kun and Osanai-san intending to become pure and modest petit bourgeois (published under the Sougen Suiri Bunko label) is finally nearing its […]

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Petit Bourgeois Volume 6 Part 2 Epilogue: The Little Citizens Do Not Fly

Chapter 11 | Contents | Commentary I returned to the dark hospital room. With Hisaka Eiko-san gone, who will come in tomorrow? Now that we’ve created a situation which resulted in a nurse from this hospital getting arrested, will I be able to receive treatment tomorrow? But I was too tired to entertain those thoughts.

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Petit Bourgeois Volume 6 Part 2 Chapter 10: End of What I Thought to be a Golden Age

Chapter 9 | Contents | Chapter 11 I couldn’t turn on the lights. In this dark room, I wouldn’t be able to write anything even if I opened my notebook. Thus with my head on the pillow, I gazed up at the ceiling and started recalling the past again. How did the case of three

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Petit Bourgeois Volume 6 Part 2 Chapter 8: My Lucky Star

Chapter 7 | Contents | Chapter 9 Since I’d been allowed to use a wheelchair with the condition of having the nurse’s assistance, Mabuchi-san’s rehabilitation menu changed. Up till now, I’d done stretches while lying on the bed, but today, the exercise of stretching and twisting my uninjured left leg while sitting on the side

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Petit Bourgeois Volume 6 Part 2 Chapter 7: Here, Some Water for these Dried Flowers

Chapter 6 | Contents | Chapter 8 The pain in my chest was easing. Right after the accident, I’d been a little afraid to even draw a breath, but right now I can hold a conversation normally. The pain in my leg is still heavy and incessant, but it’s not unbearable with painkillers. When I

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