Ashita, Haremasu Yo Ni Shichiya Monogatari Tsuzuke

[Machine Translation] This is a story of children living in the next generation, 12 years after the author's full-length fantasy "Seven Nights in a Row". In the 1970s, the world was not as complicated as it is today. In the 1970s, when the world was not as complicated as it is today, there were children who adventured in the world of a mysterious book called "The Seven Nights' Tale. Sayo Narumi and Takahiko Tomoda. Their adventure through the Seven Nights became an important experience for both of them, but neither Sayo nor Tomoda ever remembered the events of "The World of Night. About 30 years have passed since then. Sayo's son, Ei, and Imoda's daughter, Rira, are now classmates at the same elementary school as their parents. Will they also be led into the world of "The Tale of Seven Nights"? The story, set in the present day of 2010, vividly captures the signs of change in the two children as they grow from 10 to 11 years old, and the world surrounding them, while bringing the small activities of people and their sparkles to the "that day" in 2011.

著者の長編ファンタジー『七夜物語』から12年、次世代を生きる子どもたちの物語。いまほど世の中の仕組みが複雑ではなかった一九七〇年代。『七夜物語』という不思議な本の世界を冒険した子どもたちがいた。鳴海さよと仄田鷹彦。七つの夜をめぐる冒険は、二人にとって大切な経験となるが、さよも仄田くんも「夜の世界」の出来事を決して思い出すことはなかった。あれからおよそ三十年―。さよの息子「絵」と仄田くんの娘「りら」は、両親と同じ小学校でクラスメートになっていた。二人もまた『七夜物語』の世界へと導かれるのか?二〇一〇年の現代を舞台に、十歳から十一歳へと成長する二人の変化の兆しと、子どもたちを取りまく世界を鮮やかに捉えながら、ささやかな人の営みと、そのきらめきを届ける物語は、二〇一一年の「あの日」へと向かっていく。