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The girl Otsuka Rika, who lost all her relatives in the earthquake, changed her name to Qi Lian and became a wandering singer. She has a charming singing voice, but she cannot speak to others. One day, a mysterious woman with heavy makeup appeared on the street, claiming to be Qi Lian's agent. Qi Lian recognized that it was his former friend Hirosawa Maori. When the two separated, Maori had just been admitted to college and was now supposed to be living a college life in Tokyo. Now he has changed his name, wanders around different houses, and leads a squandering life. After meeting again after many years, Qi Lian's music career gradually took off with the generous help of Yi Zi, but Yi Zi disappeared from the world at this time...

The girl Xia Qi is about to leave the town due to her parents' divorce. She was worried and asked Yusuke to watch the fireworks together. Although Yusuke had a crush on Xia Qi, he was too shy to say it. In the end, because he and his friends were arguing about whether the fireworks were round or flat, he decided to go to the fireworks festival with everyone to find out. Xia Qi then took the road to Diandao, but her destination became the more distant Tokyo. Diandao, who also had a crush on Xia Qi, embarked on this "elopement" journey in a daze. When the fireworks bloom, the ignorance of the young people and their answers rise into the sky together, leaving brilliant colors on the summer night.

In the future, humans will gradually lose their fertility due to nuclear pollution. A small number of men with high-quality sperm are called "stallions" and make a fortune by selling their sperm at high prices; those men whose organs are immature and have lost their fertility are called "manneken-piss." "Manneken Pis" Umaso worked as a doorman in front of the mayor's mansion, but because of his love with the mayor's daughter, he was exiled to work at a nuclear waste station. There, he offended the pampered and willful children nearby and was beaten up, completely losing his sexual organs... After saving his life, Umaso wandered around his home, and "work" became the last spark of hope in his heart. He became a watchdog, guarding something he didn't know what it was...

A new novel by Shunji Iwai, the author of "Love Letter", in a world without warmth, it is difficult for human beings to move forward. The adapted film was selected into Japan's top ten films of the year. A new novel by Shunji Iwai. The timid and cowardly Qihai was suddenly fired from her company, and she hurriedly entered into a flash marriage with a man she met through a blind date website. However, not long after the marriage, Qihai discovered that her husband was showing signs of cheating. At the same time, Qihai fell into a trap set by her mother-in-law and was kicked out of the house. With nowhere to go, Nanami looked for jobs everywhere and found a high-paying job, one million yen per month, working as a maid in a villa. This house is extremely weird, messy and luxurious everywhere, and home to many poisonous creatures. Mashiro, who is also a maid, is also extremely mysterious. She often stays up at night, but works hard, even if she has a high fever. All this makes Nanami puzzled. What kind of mystery has she fallen into?