2025年5月– date –

“I want to be like Hikaru Genji, from The Tale of Genji.” That’s what he said to me when I was 21. …Honestly, what the hell? But back then, I loved him. I really did. I took a long-distance bus just to go see him. I had to see ...

Aoi Aoba I think I was around four when my younger brother was born.That memory, blurry as it is, feels like a piece of what shaped the person I am today. Until then, I had been everything to my parents.We were madly in love, in our own ...

Day three of my visit home. It’s raining today. I sat quietly by the window, watching raindrops slide down the glass. And then, a thought occurred to me: We don’t love because we are loved. We love because we want to. And that kind of lo...

With Chapter 16, The Silent Sea has come to an end. To everyone who read along, thank you from the bottom of my heart. Each time a “like” notification came in, I felt as though someone was whispering, “I’m rooting for you.” Just like Shi...

I had just taken a seat when a rather plain, middle-aged hairstylist approached me and asked with a shy smile, “So, how would you like your hair today?” I hadn’t requested anyone specific, so he must’ve been the one who happened to be fr...