“Time stops for everyone except anxious Kayato and delinquent Akira; they journey through frozen world to uncover mystery.”
An Autumn in Amber, a Zero-Second Journey
琥珀の秋、0秒の旅
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Synopsis
Time stops for everyone except anxious Kayato and delinquent Akira; they journey through frozen world to uncover mystery.
Socially awkward loner Kayato has an intense fear of being touched and finds making friends extremely difficult. When he and his high school classmates visit Hakodate for a field trip, he suffers through some attempts to engage with the others, until... Time stops for the entire world, but not for him. All the hustle and bustle of the city fades into an eerie veil of silence, leaving him the only soul left in motion–until he finds another in Akira, a sharp-tongued local delinquent. Though she's his total opposite, she begrudgingly agrees to help him solve the mystery. Their only lead is something Kayato's uncle said just before he died about a "world plucked out of time," as if preserved in amber. Hoping to find a clue among his late uncle's possessions in Tokyo, the two teens must travel through the frozen world. (Source: Seven Seas Entertainment)
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Running avg · Mar 2024 → Oct 2025
- 7 “An Autumn in Amber, a Zero-Second Journey short review Language read: Thai (official translation, licensed by Zenshu Publishing; original Japanese publisher: Shogakukan) Will re-read when the...”
- 9 “(Note: this review is based off a fan-translation. As of 2024/03/13, Seven Seas has announced an official English publication, releasing in Sept 2024.) Out of the three currently released Four...”
- 8 “[EN/PT-BR] [EN] What would you do if time stopped as you read this review? Would you make fun of people on the street? Would you eat free restaurant food? Would you rob a bank? Or would you walk to...”
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A Light novel Publication
- Format 6 × 1 ch × vol
- Total read 0h 48m approx
- Published Aug 2022 – ongoing
- Source Light novel media type
- Ref. BS-M65004 catalog