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Miho Asano, a fourth-year university student majoring in ancient Roman history, has hit a wall — her graduation thesis keeps getting sent back. One day, in a hideaway near campus, she discovers a fanzine her father and his friends published in their own student days. Reading their play, which interweaves the story of the gladiator Lucius with the student protests of the 1990s, Miho touches the record of her father's youth — and realizes something. The "true ending" no one ever wrote, she herself can spin. Searching for her own answer to the past she has inherited, Miho begins to carve a new track of her own.

• Author: Takaya Fudezawa
• Format: Hardcover
• Price: JPY 1,760
• Published: December 23, 2025

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"Quietly, but surely, the world is changing." Amid the crumbling of the existing order, the truths of human beings still breathe. A jewel-like collection of short stories that captures the breath of a new era in vivid prose. - Complex, full-bodied human drama crossing paths in an upscale restaurant — "Meet Again" - The light and dark of the digital age, glimpsed from inside a cage — "Pus" - A family scene where old values meet new life — "New People"

• Author: Takaya Fudezawa
• Format: Hardcover
• Price: JPY 1,980
• Published: December 16, 2024

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"Everything — it's all going to be taken away. By that thing." The AI assistant Nougat was supposed to be the great invention of the century that would save humanity. It was supposed to be... Written in the novel form of a Wikipedia entry, this forbidden SF work depicts a "future that just might happen" once artificial intelligence advances. This is a novel that AI absolutely cannot write.

• Author: Takaya Fudezawa
• Format: Trade paperback / Kindle
• Price: JPY 1,430 / JPY 1,144
• Published: September 26, 2023

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"The most meaningful way to spend your life is to lose track of time and become absorbed in something." At his usual cafe, novelist Shintaro Nakatsugawa is being chased by a manuscript deadline. A clearly distraught middle-aged woman suddenly arrives and, to the bewildered Nakatsugawa and the cafe master, begins talking about how her NEET son is being deceived. What will become of this good-natured woman who keeps falling for scams, and her missing son...? A short-story collection that includes this and two other works.

• Author: Takaya Fudezawa
• Format: Trade paperback / Kindle
• Price: JPY 1,430 / JPY 1,144
• Published: September 27, 2022

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• Mr. J, office worker

  

  Whoa. Yeah, that's right. The world really is moving in the direction this author describes. I suppose becoming a mobile-game addict isn't such a bad fate either.

• Mr. F, office worker

  

  I was impressed by the depth of his knowledge. The prose is easy to read and skillfully written.

• Mr. N, freelance worker

  

  This work wasn't quite what I was expecting. I'll look forward to the next one.

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All I wanted was a plain iced coffee. What was supposed to be a summer memory turned into a heartbreak trip — it all started with a foul-smell incident on the outbound flight. Suspected of being the cause, I was moved to first class, where I met a woman who felt strangely familiar. Includes "A Speck from Within," "An Adult's Self-Cleansing," and "Mother Volt, Father Milliampere." A little argumentative, but somehow endearing — a short-story collection that lingers the more you read.

• Author: Takaya Fudezawa
• Format: Kindle
• Price: JPY 1,100
• Published: August 31, 2021

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• Mr. N, office worker

  

  I let my guard down while reading and ended up bursting into laughter on the train. It's the first time a novel has made me laugh this much. I recommended it to my coworkers, but none of them would read it.

• Mr. M, office worker

  

  I really related to the unique angle and worldview. I found myself wondering what kind of person the author is. I'd love to meet them once.

• Mr. O, unemployed

  

  Read it in no time. It was sort of okay? I've read others too, but I prefer "Hammer."

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One day, I — a bag-carrier assistant to my company's president — was handed an unfinished manuscript he had written himself. As I read his novel, titled "Ambition," strange things began happening around me. What is real? Why did the president entrust me with this manuscript? Delusion and reality intertwine. Includes one additional story.

• Author: Takaya Fudezawa
• Format: Hardcover
• Price: JPY 1,320
• Published: December 10, 2020

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• Mr. O, venture executive

  

  It was a mistake to pick this up just because the title caught my eye. The worldview is intense. I've never read anything like it. I'll probably never forget it as long as I live.

• Mr. O, novelist

  

  Original. A completely different way of thinking from mine, I suppose. Whether it's "interesting" is another question — but I don't dislike it.

• Mr. N, editor

  

  It's been a while since I came across this kind of work. They've become rather rare lately. Not commercial, perhaps, but the world surely needs novels like this.

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One day, I — a bag-carrier assistant to my company's president — was handed an unfinished manuscript he had written himself. As I read his novel, titled "Ambition," strange things began happening around me. What is real? Why did the president entrust me with this manuscript? Delusion and reality intertwine. Includes one additional story.

• Author: TAKAYAFUDESA
• Format: Kindle
• Price: JPY 1,100
• Published: December 10, 2020

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• Mr. S, UK

  

  Oh no. The idea is crazy. I didn't know there were still writers like this in the world.

• Mr. B, USA

  

  I think his talent is comparable to my favorite Kafka and Joyce. I have high expectations for the future.

• Mr. N, Spain

  

  The writing skills are amazing. Did he write it himself? Is the translator competent?

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• Author: Taiyan
• Format: Trade paperback / Kindle
• Price: JPY 1,430 / JPY 1,144
• Published: October 7, 2022

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• Mr. A, manga artist

  

  If a manga this absurd is allowed to exist, I'd say I'd never draw manga again — but I won't go that far. It really is a ridiculous manga, though. I read the whole thing.

• Mr. K, novelist

  

  I see — the result of being truly delicate and noticing tiny things. Indeed, this might be a domain that prose alone cannot capture.

• Ms. S, homemaker

  

  It's funny and cute, so I like it.

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• Authors: Yasushi Kurimoto, Kozo Matsumoto
• Format: Trade paperback / Kindle
• Price: JPY 1,430 / JPY 1,144
• Published: December 16, 2022

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• Office worker

  

  The content is easy to understand and I could really relate to it. My industry is different, but I'd like to use it as a reference.

• Company executive

  

  The content felt thin given the title. Since the author is also a novelist, it's certainly enjoyable to read, but I wish there had been a bit more substance.

• Freelance consultant

  

  Nice. Just as you say. But it's the very thing that can't be done. Even the relevant minister is still struggling with this area today.

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