Abstract

“I want to be your ‘special.’”

From the bestselling author of The Memory Collector and The Bouquet Is Poison comes a bold new step into yuri literature.
This highly anticipated collection brings together two celebrated stories originally featured in the genre-defining anthologies Kanojo. and Anata., along with a brand-new piece written exclusively for this volume.
A masterful blend of youth and yuri—bittersweet, emotional, and undeniably moving.

Cover Illustration: fifu
Book Design: En to Kyuu

Excerpt (From the Book)
Stop it. Don’t fall in love.
Ever since I realized how Shiono felt, I kept thinking that.
Not that I could ever say it out loud.
I didn’t want her thinking about making tamagoyaki for someone else.
She didn’t have to know how to cook—I’d make everything for her.
She didn’t have to try to be cute for anyone.
She was perfect just as she was.
She could go on dates—with me.
I’d take her anywhere.
Just… don’t leave me behind.

Author’s Information

Born in London in 1980. She made her literary debut in 2013 with Reikan Kentei (“Psychic Aptitude Test”) and won the 22nd Japan Horror Fiction Award Readers’ Prize in 2015 for Kiokuya (“The Memory Collector”). The Kiokuya series, launched by this title, has sold over 600,000 copies. In 2021, Hanataba wa Doku (“The Bouquet Is Poison”) was selected as the 5th Miraiya Novel Prize winner.

Her many other works include:
Hazuki Kurono Doesn’t Sleep in a Birdcage, Only in Silence, Hibikino Ghost Tales, Tono Hanamura’s Love and Crime, The Demon Lord of the School and Villager A’s Case Files, She Is There, Don’t Doubt Your Neighbor, Smoke in a Kiss, The Phantom Woman: The Snake-Eyed Sakichi Case Files, and The Sengoku Reincarnation Reunion.