Blue Bomb

This book contains 10 short stories such as "Lemon" and "Under the Cherry Blossom Tree". The protagonists of each work are the incarnations of the author, and the physical and mental state they display also echoes the author's fatigue and melancholy. For example, in "Lemon", he fantasizes about using lemons to blow up this melancholy city that makes people want to escape; in "On the Road", the protagonist knows that the road is dangerous, but still refuses to turn back like a maniac, preferring to see his own destruction; "K's Ascension──or K's Drowning" even uses the moon landing of the soul to romanticize the irresistible desire to go to the depths of the sea. However, despite the pain, Kajii Motojiro still tried to find the joy of life and the vitality of life. In "A Town with a Castle", the author described in detail the trivial daily life, such as the not particularly exciting castle landscape, the quarrels when the family went out, etc. It is these trivial daily life that constitute happiness. Fu's life; the courtship scenes of night cats and creek tree frogs depicted in "Mating" also make people feel the dedicated vitality in nature; especially the chapter "Under the Cherry Blossom Tree", with the shocking opening of "Under the Cherry Blossom Tree, there is a corpse buried under the cherry blossom tree!" Implies that beauty must fade away, and brilliant flowers will bloom in death. "Lemon": The only antidote to unspeakable fatigue and fatigue, the inexplicable and vulgar boring life is this "lemon". "A Town with a Wall": This is not superstition. Everyday trivial things can affect the happiness of that day. "On the Road": It is as if I saw a destructed figure. Although it is dangerous, I can only do nothing and let myself continue to slide on the cliff road. "K's Ascension—or K's Drowning": The irresistible moonlight brings the soul's footsteps closer to the sea step by step. "Dark Picture Scroll": Darkness makes people feel at ease, refreshing and moving. Just become one with the huge darkness. "Flies in Winter": Even though he has a strong will to survive, he cannot resist the changing living conditions. "Mating": In the chirping of the creek tree frogs, feel the chorus of the earliest life on earth. "Under the Cherry Blossom Tree": Life and death are one, beauty must fade away, and brilliant flowers will bloom in death. "Caress": The claws are the vitality, wisdom, soul, and everything of the cat. What to do with a cat without claws? "The Careless Patient": Disease treats everyone equally. Whether they like it or not, it will forcefully drag everyone to the end of death.