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[---There's a dream I've been having for a long time, a dream of unending regret.] This spring, Asahi, a new member of the workforce, finally achieved his dream of becoming a teacher. He was supposed to take a job at his alma mater and start a new chapter as a new teacher... but his mentor during his training period turned out to be his high school teacher and first love, Chiba Naoya! Chiba is delighted by the chance reunion, but for Asahi, his er first love is a "symbol of regret"...? A senior teacher and a new teacher relive their unfulfilled first love. A painful, lingering sadness builds up in this reunion school office romance.
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A collection of stories: 1. **Ichou no Mi** (いちょうの実); Comic Tom 1986-03 Adaption of a story by Kenji Miyazawa 2. **Digitalis** (ジギタリス) 3. **Akihiko Kaku Katariki** (秋日子かく語りき); Asuka 1987-01 Middle-aged housewife Tatsuko dies after being hit by a runaway taxi, but before moving on she gets to return to life for one week by borrowing the body of Akihiko, a high school girl who survived the same accident. 4. **Long Long Cake** (ロングロングケーキ); Asuka 1987-06 A university student meets a shape-shifting alien. 5. **Niwa wa Midori Kawa wa Blue** (庭はみどり川はブルー); Bouquet 1987-08 After her death from an illness, a young woman temporarily takes over the body of her own three-year-old daughter. 6. **Mizu no Naka no Tissue Paper** (水の中のティッシュペーパー); Asuka 1987-10 High school girl Kuriko's precognitive dreams cause trouble when she has a dream about her boyfriend falling for someone else. 7. **Yagi no Hitsuji no Rakuda no** (山羊の羊の駱駝の)
Collected Stories: 1. **Hoshi ni Iku Kisha** (星にいく汽車) 2. **Natsuko no Ichinichi** (夏子の一日) 3. **3-gatsu ni Nareba** (3月になれば) 4. **Dansei Shikkaku** (男性失格) 5. **Cabbage Choucho** (きゃべつちょうちょ)
A university student meets a shape-shifting alien. *Note: Published in Asuka 1987-06*
There is something in Osaka that must never be seen. Osaka in the year 2028. Police officer Mori Kanata works at the Osaka Prefectural Police Department's O Division, which has implemented a vehicle scanning system called the O System to detect crimes that occur on the Osaka Loop Line. However, one day, the O System shows something that is not human...!? (Source: Akita Shoten, translated)
Debut work of Yumiko Ooshima *Note: originally published in Margaret 1968 Special Spring issue, it was later reprinted in Ribon DX 1976 Spring issue.*