Minasan, Sayonara (Gentosha Bunko)

[Machine Translation] Satoru Watarai is a boy who is stuck in an apartment complex after the stabbing death of a classmate at his elementary school graduation ceremony. He decides to stay there for the rest of his life. But as the months pass by, the number of his classmates dwindles and his beloved lover is about to leave him. This is a brilliant debut novel that revolutionized the coming-of-age novel, depicting a boy who tries to live in a limited world and grows up in the midst of loneliness and conflicts.

小学校の卒業式で起きた同級生の刺殺事件をきっかけに、団地から出られなくなった少年・渡会悟。彼はそこで一生を過ごす決意をする。だが月日が経ち、同級生は減り、最愛の恋人も彼の前を去ろうとしていた。限られた世界で生きようとした少年が、孤独と葛藤の中で伸びやかに成長する姿を描く、青春小説に革命を起こした鮮烈なるデビュー作。