Beauty school students Noburu and Daichi are always together, from their dorms to their group of friends. However, something makes Noburu start thinking of Daichi as more than a friend. Unable to be honest about his feelings, Noburu ends up being mean to Daichi, who unable to understand where he is coming from, feels at a loss. From this stretched relationship, their feelings start to drift apart... "Sorry for thinking I might like you..."Etsuko’s new novel focuses on that instant where th...

Beauty school students Noburu and Daichi are always together, from their dorms to their group of friends. However, something makes Noburu start thinking of Daichi as more than a friend. Unable to be honest about his feelings, Noburu ends up being mean to Daichi, who unable to understand where he is coming from, feels at a loss. From this stretched relationship, their feelings start to drift apart... "Sorry for thinking I might like you..."Etsuko’s new novel focuses on that instant where th...

Beauty school students Noburu and Daichi are always together, from their dorms to their group of friends. However, something makes Noburu start thinking of Daichi as more than a friend. Unable to be honest about his feelings, Noburu ends up being mean to Daichi, who unable to understand where he is coming from, feels at a loss. From this stretched relationship, their feelings start to drift apart... "Sorry for thinking I might like you..."Etsuko’s new novel focuses on that instant where th...

Beauty school students Noburu and Daichi are always together, from their dorms to their group of friends. However, something makes Noburu start thinking of Daichi as more than a friend. Unable to be honest about his feelings, Noburu ends up being mean to Daichi, who unable to understand where he is coming from, feels at a loss. From this stretched relationship, their feelings start to drift apart... "Sorry for thinking I might like you..."Etsuko’s new novel focuses on that instant where th...

"I want you, Nakajo!" Nakajo works at a live music club; Kiuchi is a frequenter. Following a quick exchange of words, the two of them found themselves living together. Kiuchi said he was just looking for a place to rest his head for a short while; after all, he had just broken up with his girlfriend and had to move out of their shared apartment. What's more, Kiuchi says he can't fall asleep without the heat of another person's body beside him. Nakajo swiftly rejects Kiuchi's request, revea...

Nakajo and Kiuchi spend their days together now -- and one part of that is sleeping in the same bed together. But Kiuchi is hiding something from Nakajo. All the while, Kiuchi is having a rough go at finding an apartment to rent. What Nakajo really wants to say is: "What if you stay here forever?" But he just can't bring himself to. Nakajo just doesn't feel comfortable enough with Kiuchi to tell him how he really feels...

Beauty school students Noburu and Daichi are always together, from their dorms to their group of friends. However, something makes Noburu start thinking of Daichi as more than a friend. Unable to be honest about his feelings, Noburu ends up being mean to Daichi, who unable to understand where he is coming from, feels at a loss. From this stretched relationship, their feelings start to drift apart... "Sorry for thinking I might like you..."Etsuko's new novel focuses on that instant where th...

"I want you, Nakajo!" Nakajo works at a live music club; Kiuchi is a frequenter. Following a quick exchange of words, the two of them found themselves living together. Kiuchi said he was just looking for a place to rest his head for a short while; after all, he had just broken up with his girlfriend and had to move out of their shared apartment. What's more, Kiuchi says he can't fall asleep without the heat of another person's body beside him. Nakajo swiftly rejects Kiuchi's request, revea...

"I want you, Nakajo!" Nakajo works at a live music club; Kiuchi is a frequenter. Following a quick exchange of words, the two of them found themselves living together. Kiuchi said he was just looking for a place to rest his head for a short while; after all, he had just broken up with his girlfriend and had to move out of their shared apartment. What's more, Kiuchi says he can't fall asleep without the heat of another person's body beside him. Nakajo swiftly rejects Kiuchi's request, revea...

Nakajo and Kiuchi spend their days together now -- and one part of that is sleeping in the same bed together. But Kiuchi is hiding something from Nakajo. All the while, Kiuchi is having a rough go at finding an apartment to rent. What Nakajo really wants to say is: "What if you stay here forever?" But he just can't bring himself to. Nakajo just doesn't feel comfortable enough with Kiuchi to tell him how he really feels...

"A Daughter Of The Samurai" by Etsuko Sugimoto is a classic work that represents the essence of its genre. This book offers readers an engaging experience, reflecting the author’s distinctive style, depth, and vision.

This book examines the discursive formation of nuclear power in Japan to provide insights into the ways this technology has been both promoted and resisted, constituting and being constituted by Japan’s sociocultural landscape.Each chapter pays close attention to a particular discursive site, including newspaper editorials, public relations campaigns, local site fights, urban antinuclear activism, and post-Fukushima pronuclear and antinuclear articulations. The book also raises the...