Nagare Iku Mono Mamori Jin Tanhenshu (Shincho Bunko)

[Machine Translation] Balsa, a young girl whose father was killed in a king's plot. A man, Jiguro, is entrusted with her, the daughter of his best friend, and turns himself into a bouncer. Abandoning their hometown and fleeing their pursuers, the two drift along, meeting people from all walks of life who are unable to live within the confines of a fixed routine. The cheerful days with the young Tanda, the encounter with an old woman who is a gambler, and the moment of the fight to the death when he entrusts his life to a short spear for the first time... A collection of short stories depicting the days of Bar a's teens, colored with loneliness, sadness, and warmth.

王の陰謀に巻き込まれ父を殺された少女バルサ。親友の娘である彼女を託され、用心棒に身をやつした男ジグロ。故郷を捨て追っ手から逃れ、流れ行くふたりは、定まった日常の中では生きられぬ様々な境遇の人々と出会う。幼いタンダとの明るい日々、賭事師の老女との出会い、そして、初めて己の命を短槍に託す死闘の一瞬―孤独と哀切と温もりに彩られた、バルサ十代の日々を描く短編集。