“Suzuki's haunting short stories explore memory, loss, and longing through shadowy, psychologically rich narratives.”
Match Ippon no Hanashi
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Suzuki's haunting short stories explore memory, loss, and longing through shadowy, psychologically rich narratives.
In this collection of hauntingly elliptical short stories, Oji Suzuki explores memory, relationships, and loss with a loose narrative style, filling each tale with a sense of unfulfilled longing. He plumbs the dissolute depths of human psychology, literally bathing his characters in expansive shadows that paradoxically reveal as much as they obscure. (Source: MU) 1. Match Ippon no Hanashi 2. Omoide Monogatari 3. Ame no Iro 4. Hoshi no Seika 5. Yoru 6. Tabi no Hitoya 7. Chijou de Nagameta Tsuki 8. Toumei Tsushin 9. Samishii Namae
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A Manga Publication
- Format 13 × 1 ch × vol
- Total read 1h 44m approx
- Published Jan 1998 – ongoing
- Source Manga media type
- Ref. BS-M10145 catalog