Star Strings Yori feels like a true short story or 'fairy tale'. It has a story it wants to tell but this story requires a certain setting to work. Are we provided with any reasoning or background info as to why we get the setting we do? Nope. That isn't the point, just pay attention to the story being told. I've seen this put a number of people off from this piece (albeit not so much on this site) but I actually rather like how this was done. What you get is a world that has existed and will continue to exist. We are permitted tojump in and observe this world at a point that the author considers interesting then kicked out again when the main event has been observed. As such, the story starts with many questions unanswered and ends with many questions unanswered but you still get enough of a satisfying arc.

If this is fine by you, I'd say jump in. It is a unique setting and world which, for me, is always a good hook. We are provided with a young girl to follow at the moment that her repetitive and lonely life changes direction completely.