“The sun never sets on some sins.” Prologue The novel opens in Osaka, 1973, with the brutal murder of a pawnshop owner, Yosuke Kirihara. Detective Sasagaki is assigned […]
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Journey Under the Midnight Sun
“The sun doesn’t go down, and the darkness never comes. That’s what the midnight sun is like.” Chapter 1: The Murder at the Pawnshop The story begins in […]
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The Miracles of the Namiya General Store
“People’s lives are like intersecting lines. You never know when or where they’ll cross again.” Chapter 1: The Letter in the Milk Box The story begins with three […]
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Malice
“The moment I heard about the murder, I knew who did it. The only question was whether I could prove it.” Chapter 1: The Discovery Novelist Kunihiko Hidaka […]
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The Devotion of Suspect X
“Logic can be twisted to serve any purpose. The only truth is what you choose to believe.” Chapter 1: The Crime The novel opens with Yasuko Hanaoka, a […]
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Salmonella Men on Planet Porno
“Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one.” Salmonella Men on Planet Porno is a collection of surreal, satirical, and often absurd short stories by Yasutaka […]
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The Girl Who Leapt Through Time
“Time waits for no one… but what if you could make it wait?” Chapter 1: The Strange Discovery Kazuko Yoshiyama, a high school student, stumbles upon a peculiar […]
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Paprika
“The border between dream and reality is blurred—who knows which is which?” Chapter 1: The Dream Detective Dr. Atsuko Chiba, a brilliant psychotherapist, works at a research institute […]
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Battle Royale
“The loser is always at fault in this world.”— Koushun Takami, Battle Royale The novel Battle Royale follows a class of junior high school students forced into a […]
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The Goddess Chronicle
“In the beginning, there was only the sea. And then the islands appeared, and the gods descended.” Part 1: The Sisters The story begins on a remote island […]