The summer of freshman year of high school. A boy named Hodaka runs away from his island home and goes to Tokyo, where he spends every day in loneliness. Then, in a corner of the bustling city he meets a girl named Hina. But he soon finds out that she possesses a mysterious power. (Source: Kodansha USA, edited)

She died a year ago. Their grief still raw, her brother and her childhood friend go hiking to look for a snakeskin. *Note: Winner of the 2018 Spring Shiki-shou Shikitaishou Award. Published in the 2018 May issue of Afternoon Magazine.*