Bungo Stray Dogs: Like a Bird Skimming Over Snowy Mountains

I have to admit, when I was thirty-three, I made a pact to die for love with a seventeen-year-old boy. We jumped into the sea off Yokohama, but unfortunately, some fishermen hauled us out. Several years later, the boy found me again and asked if I wanted to try once more. He said he had found a foolproof method, and this time it would definitely work. I refused. Not only because I was now married with a family, but also because I wanted to spend the rest of my life living like a good person. "Why live like a good person?" he asked. "I'm sure I'll go to hell," I said, "but I want to go to heaven. My mother and sister are both there. They were truly, completely good people." But that belief shattered completely when my husband was killed by a bomb on a Ferris wheel. I resolved to die, no matter the cost. * A dark, healing story Theme: Experiencing the true meaning of life