Natsu No Hakobune

[Machine Translation] One summer, a former classmate, Kurosaka Sei, suddenly returned to the island. However, he has turned into a woman of bewitching beauty... The summer begins to change the "predetermined destiny" written in the notebook. The Saint has returned. At that moment, the bitter memories of the past come back to Riku Minashizuki, who lives on the island, and a complex desire begins to grow. Driven by an overflowing passion, Riku... ("Shadow of Water"). Riku chases after Sei, who has left the island, and heads for Tokyo. What is the "daily life" of Sei that Riku sees on his way there? Is it him that he wants to get his hands on, or...? (This is a new milestone in coming-of-age novels that depicts the crazy and transparent jealousy and conflicts of men.

かつてのクラスメート・黒坂聖が、ある夏、突然、島に帰ってきた。しかし彼は、妖しげな美しさをたたえる女性となっていた...。ノートに記された“決められた運命”を変える夏がはじまる。あの聖が帰ってきた。その瞬間、島に暮らす水無月陸の中にかつての苦い思い出がよみがえり、複雑な欲望が芽生える。あふれ出る激情に駆られ、陸は聖を...(「水の影踏み」)。島を出た聖を追いかけ、東京へむかう陸。たどりついた先で陸が目にした聖の“日常”とは。手に入れたいのは彼なのか、それとも...(「夏の刺青」)ほか、男たちの狂おしくも透明な嫉妬と葛藤を描く、青春小説の新たな金字塔。