Saraba! [Middle Part] (Shogakukan Bunko)

[Machine Translation] Parents divorced and returned to Japan. The mother and her three children, who live near the mother's parents' house, gradually fall apart. Mother frequently has a boyfriend, and Ayumi, who enjoys playing soccer, is influenced by her classmate Sugu in high school. The older sister began to frequent the neighborhood, where Yada's auntie was being enshrined as a religious leader. Then came the Great Hanshin-Kobe Earthquake. The earthquake cast a dark shadow over Ayumi's life, and she headed for Tokyo as if to escape. After a brain-draining student life, Ayumi became a writer. However, he is asked to do an interview. But then, Ayumi is asked to do an interview for a story involving her sister, who has changed.

両親の離婚、そして帰国。母の実家のそばに住む母子三人は、次第にバラバラになっていった。母は頻繁に恋人をつくり、サッカーに興じる歩は高校で同級生の須玖に影響を受けていく。姉は、近所に住む矢田のおばちゃんが宗教団体の教祖のように祀り上げられていくなか、そこに出入りするようになった。そして、阪神神戸大震災が起こった。それは歩の生活にも暗い影を落とし、逃げるように東京へ向かう。脳が蕩けるような学生生活を経て、歩はライターになった。だが、その先で、ある取材を依頼される。そこには変わり果てた姉が絡んでいた。