Abstract

Katakura Yui, 40, has enjoyed saving money since she was a child. She was diagnosed with a very advanced form of uterine cancer during a free cancer screening. The doctor recommended an early surgery, but Yui was somewhat relieved,
"Now I can finally die. I don't have to live a life of saving money on top of saving money, even as a hobby. I can do what I love!　
She thought. While waiting for the bill at the hospital, a pink-headed man, apparently a host, appeared in front of her and suddenly started talking to her.
He said, "Excuse me, lady, I'm sorry to come out of nowhere, but do you have any money?
From that day on, Yui's strange relationship with this pink-headed man begins...

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Author’s Information

She was born in 1977. Resides in Nagoya City, the center of Japan’s automotive industry. She is seen as one of the key writers in the world of Japanese feminist literature. Winner of the R-18 Literature By Women For Women Award’s Grand Prize and Reader’s Prize for Nemurihime (Sleeping beauty) in 2004. Many of her works have been adapted for film, including Gummō ebian (Good morning everyone) and Senjō no gāruzuraifu (Girl’s life on the battlefield). She has also written many other works. Yomei ichinen otoko wo kau (With one year left to live, I buy a man) was nominated for the 35th Yamamoto Shūgorō Prize and won the 28th Shimase Romance Literature Prize.