What's wrong with embellishing monotonous and stressful days with cute fantasies!
A shocking collection of short stories depicting various ways of confronting the world!
Includes 4 stories that allow you to fully enjoy the essence of Sayaka Murata's world.
■ "Marunouchi Magical Girl Miracurina"
OL Chigasaki Rina overcomes the unreasonable demands that come her way every day by "transforming" into Miracurina with her magical compact and using her imagination. One day, her former magical girl friend Reiko has a fight with her boyfriend Masashi. When he sets the condition for them to get back together as "becoming a magical girl in Reiko's place," he surprisingly becomes engrossed in magical girl activities...
■ "Secret Garden"
Chika decides to confine Hayakawa-kun from the same university for a week, saying, "It's okay just to watch." He reluctantly agrees to Chika's proposal of three meals and naps a day with a condescending attitude. However, Chika's true intention was to put an end to her unrequited love for Hayakawa-kun since the third grade by witnessing firsthand "how pathetic the real Hayakawa-kun is" and shattering the "illusion" within herself.
■ "Asexual Classroom"
Hair must be short, makeup is forbidden, and you must use "boku" as your first-person pronoun— Yuto, who attends a high school where "gender" is prohibited, is attracted to his classmate Sena, whose gender is unknown. However, he is confused when Yuki, who is presumed to be a girl, tells him that gender will be "abolished" in the near future. He desperately wants to know Sena's gender, but Sena dislikes being probed...
■ "Metamorphosis"
After her mother's caregiving duties have settled down, Makoto, now 40, starts working again at a neighborhood family restaurant. She is shocked to find that the emotion of "anger" has disappeared from the world, and that people around her use the word "namomu" and its associated emotion without question, as if it were natural. Shortly after, she is invited to a "mental stage-raising exchange meeting" by her best friend from college...
| Product # | 4041084237 |
|---|
You don't need to be in Japan to shop like the Japanese. Sign up for a free account on ZenPlus now and enjoy buying and shipping to over a hundred countries, directly from Japanese online stores. You can ship your items internationally through JP Post (EMS, Airmail), UPS, DHL, FedEx, and other services. Get all the hottest items from Japan such as anime figures, Nendoroids, Nintendo and other video games, Hello Kitty and other kawaii plushies, fishing tackle, Japanese street fashion, Seiko and other watches from Japan, ramen and other Japanese foods, idol merchandise, and much, much more!
We work directly with Japanese shops registered with ZenPlus, so all internal processes are faster and more efficient - the result is a swift and affordable service, ready for you when you need it most. You have instant access to over 1,000 stores in Japan with just one click! Shop just as if you were in Japan, without spending a fortune. We'll get you the best deal possible from a vast collection of items from Japan. Join the ranks of people who prefer ZenPlus as their Japanese online marketplace.
We protect you, the buyer. Communication can be one of the biggest barriers when buying from Japan online, but it doesn't have to be that way. With ZenPlus, you are protected from many of the risks of international e-commerce: We'll take care of any questions, claims, and requests for the seller that you might have. We can provide a full refund if an item is not genuine, and a partial refund if it's not as promised. Feel free to ask us for more info about any of the items or shops on ZenPlus!