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Article #3318 min read
Rain-Bell Lament
Threads of rain wove themselves into a net over heaven and earth. It was not a heavy rain, yet there was nowhere to hide from it.
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Article #3221 min read
Cold Wisteria Dreams
Miyazaki Mio's eyelid twitched. It was the right one. The twitch felt ill-omened.
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Article #3118 min read
River Lanterns
She did not know how much time had passed before she opened her eyes. The ladies-in-waiting and court physicians were all kneeling outside the door, mute as sealed cicadas.
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Little Brother Touki
The rainy season in Koya is long. In the weeks between late spring and early summer, the little lanes of blue brick and stone are always drowned in mist.
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Chronicle of the Blue-Orchid Boy
The skewers seller had fallen beside his charcoal brazier, and the coals at the roadside were still hissing out smoke.
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Article #2816 min read
Meeting a Burst of Fireworks
That chalk-white ghost face. On a Saturday afternoon, still half asleep, I was dragged out of the house by Mio.
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Twin Planet
Kazufumi Asakura looked at me for a long time. When I didn't answer, he suddenly laughed. "So you can look frightened too?
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Article #2616 min read
Only Much Later Did I Learn Which Star You Were
Some girls, when they reach a certain age, sixteen or seventeen, say, suddenly grow beautiful, and the dim light they once gave off turns dazzling.