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Goodbye Fairy Chapter 1: Masks and Signposts (Full Text)

Prologue | Contents | A Break, and a Short Conversation Table of Contents 1 April 23, 1991 (Heisei 3) – Tuesday There’s a saying that goes, “One can only appreciate manners when their basic needs are met.” There’s also another saying: “Poverty dulls the wit.” In other words, if you exclude some saints, civility is […]

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Goodbye Fairy Chapter 1: Masks and Signposts (Part 1)

Full Text Prologue | Contents | Chapter 1 Part 2 April 23, 1991 (Heisei 3) – Tuesday There’s a saying that goes, “One can only appreciate manners when their basic needs are met.” There’s also another saying: “Poverty dulls the wit.” In other words, if you exclude some saints, civility is secondary, to be considered

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Petit Bourgeois Volume 6 Part 1 Chapter 1: According to the Letter Left Behind, Osanai-san is…

Prologue | Contents | Chapter 2 I had a dream. Or at least, I thought it was a dream. In the dream, I was in an intensive care unit. I did not feel any pain, but there was this fretful feeling that something irreversible would happen if I continued to stay like this. However, I

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Case of the Autumn-Exclusive Kuri Kinton Chapter 1: An Unforeseen Autumn (Full Text)

Contents | Chapter 2 (Note about the title: Kuri Kinton is Candied Chestnuts and Sweet Potatoes. It symbolizes economic fortune and wealth and it’s an important part of the New Year meal to bring good luck and prosperity for the new year.) Table of Contents 1 I was reading a book in the library until

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Case of the Autumn-Exclusive Kuri Kinton Chapter 1: An Unforeseen Autumn (Part 3)

Full Text Chapter 1 Part 2 | Contents | Chapter 1 Part 4 My intuition had been off the mark. I’d thought that the note had been written by a male, but the person waiting for me after school in my classroom was a female student. The sunset had lost the intensity that was painful

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Case of the Autumn-Exclusive Kuri Kinton Chapter 1: An Unforeseen Autumn (Part 2)

Full Text Chapter 1 Part 1 | Contents | Chapter 1 Part 3 The discussion quickly reached a deadlock, and started going around in a circle. The same suggestions, the same denials were repeated again and again, with only changes in the words used to express them. I knew how to put an end to

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