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"Life Style" contains 12 masterpieces of different themes and styles written by Akutagawa Prize writer Sayaka Murata since her debut: Due to the influence of "aging and low birthrate", Japan has transformed the "funeral" to mourn the dead into a "life style" to enjoy and create life; in the absurd future, human skeletons , hair, etc. Are made into high-end products, yesterday's "crazy" has become today's "natural"; "Let's live together before we get married when we reach 30!" There must be many people who made such an agreement with their friends when they were young. Yoshiko and Kikuchi are the few who have fulfilled this agreement; what exactly is "maturity"? When growing up, whose language and values ​​do we use to express our bodies and desires... The stories written by Murata are bizarre, and some seem completely beyond the scope of "common sense", but the charm of her stories lies in this: by showing the ultimate absurdity in reality, she explores the true nature of human beings.

Sanae was fascinated by the beating of her heart that was pounding inside her. This organ is different from the other organs I felt before. They are all far away from me, but my heart and myself are one. When you come to this world, you can finally become one with your organs. Sanae exerted all her strength, as if to crush it, feeling the beating, and her heart beat violently as if to respond to it. As if to prove that she and her heart were one, Sanae's body began to respond to this energetic movement. His body is about to come to life. The smell of offal bursts from his mouth, and sticky sweat drips from his body.