Tag: Toyama
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Sakura Quest
After a fruitless Tokyo job hunt, college graduate and aspiring model Yoshino Koharu finally receives a part-time offer as “queen” of the bizarre “Kingdom of Chupakabura,” a rundown attraction in the town of Manoyama. However, Yoshino discovers upon her arrival in Manoyama that she was mistaken for a celebrity. Facing with no other career options,…
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Wolf Children
Hana, a hard-working college student, falls in love with a mysterious man who attends one of her classes though he is not an actual student. As it turns out, he is not truly human either. On a full moon night, he transforms, revealing that he is the last werewolf alive. Despite this, Hana’s love remains…
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I Want to Eat your Pancreas
The unnamed protagonist is a bookworm who is deeply detached from the world he resides in. He has no interest in others and is firmly convinced that nobody has any interest in him either. His story begins when he stumbles across a handwritten book, titled Living with Dying. He soon identifies it as a secret…
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Koku no Hito (The Climber)
The story of Mori Buntaro, loosely based on real-world climber Kato Buntaro. After moving to a new school, Buntaro is challenged by classmates to solo climb his school building, ending in him vaulting an extreme overhang. After being chewed out by a teacher, he keeps seeking higher and higher peaks, throughout Japan and later abroad.…