What happens to the hero's party at the end of the quest? In this instance, they go their separate ways and return to their old lives. Unfortunately for Ayatsuji Ayato, the express between the realm of Avalon and his native Hyōgo Prefecture isn't quite running at the moment. Stuck, he decides ...

On a cold night in early December, a recently bereaved and recovering alcoholic wanders the streets of a certain city, searching for a salvation that may never come. Then he meets Santa Claus.

Disenchanted by life in the town, a young, would-be writer arrives in the village of East Meadow. In his head and heart are ideas and dreams of writing important fiction. At the same time, a girl who feels confined by the restrictive moeurs of rural society secretly begins to plots her escape. ...

Low-profile. Bit part player. Villager B. Although these terms, increasingly more derogatory, have all been used to describe him at one time or another, Tanizaki Seishi is not bothered - he wants nothing more than to while away his school days with his head buried in his beloved books. The...