Chapter 2 Part 4 | Contents | Chapter 3 Part 2 (1 February – Funado Monthly, Page 8 Column)Since autumn last year, there has been a spate of suspected arson attacks in Kira City. Flames broke out at Hamae in October, Nishimori in November, and Koyubi in December. In a more recent case to the writing of this article, the morning paper recorded another suspected arson attack in Akanebe on 12...
Full Text Chapter 1 Part 4 | Contents | Chapter 2 Part 2 I learnt that Osanai’s given name was Yuki. It was a name that really suited her, since she was endearing and gave off the impression of being indefinite. For some reason, since we started dating, Osanai never displayed anything resembling stiffness. Based on her behavior, she was not someone who could easily make acquaintances. In fact, it...
Full Text Contents | Chapter 1 Part 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.) I was reading a book in the library until the appointed time. Since entering high school, I had stopped going to the library by a remarkable...
Full Text Chapter 4 Part 6 | Contents | Chapter 5 Part 2 The Summer-Exclusive Tropical Parfait of Cecilia, the first place shop in the Osanai Summer Sweets Selection. Two days had passed since the kidnapping. Cecilia was located on the second floor of a building that definitely could not be described as new, and to get to it one had to ascend a cramped staircase from the small entrance. I was...
Full Text Chapter 3 | Contents | Chapter 4 Part 2 That night, my stomach, which was so stuffed that it was close to bursting, finally settled down, and I managed to read the satisfying denouement of the novel I’d been looking forward to. It was already eleven at night when I finished and was considering of going to bed soon, but I was interrupted by vibrations from my mobile phone. Thinking that...
Full Text Chapter 1 Part 6 | Contents | Chapter 2 Part 2 If someone I know well takes an unthinkable course of action, I would wonder about what happened to them. If these unthinkable actions pile up, I would be worried for them and wonder if some significant incident happened that brought about a change in their mental state. And if that continues further, I would start doubting if I was failing...
Full Text Prologue | Contents | Chapter 1 Part 2 It was all because of the annoying heat. That was what I concluded, anyway. If everything was as per normal, there is no doubt that I would have never thought of something like that. Currently, only Osanai-san and I were in the house. In other words, we didn’t need to worry about what anyone might say. This was definitely not the first time I was...
Full Text Chapter 4 Part 3 | Contents | Chapter 5 Part 2 It was the next day. With my modest bento laid out on my desk, some noise suddenly drifted from the school speakers. The broadcasting switch was turned on. Since I was well-behaved and didn’t belong to a club, I couldn’t imagine that I was in any way related to the announcement that would follow, so I paid it no heed as I separated my...
(Note about chapter title: This is part of an old saying: “Keeping silent is like having a swelling in the mind”, meaning that if you don’t say whatever you want to say, you will be left feeling uneasy and unsatisfied.) Full Text Chapter 3 Part 4 | Contents | Chapter 4 Part 2 What is the area where the Calvin-Benson cycle, also known as a dark reaction, which uses the substrates of a chloroplast...
Full Text Chapter 2 Part 4 | Contents | Chapter 3 Part 2 It was a Sunday when I spotted Osanai-san in town. Osanai-san and I did have a reciprocal relationship, but it did not extend to codependence, and we were definitely not inseparable lovebirds. We would hang out after class to eat a dessert, or browse through some books, but we had never made plans to go out on a weekend. Both of us wouldn’t...
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