Compilation of bittersweet one-shots where each deals with different kinds of trauma and healing. The mangaka's ability to create poignant drama with low-key but likable characters is truly exceptional. She can portray unique couples such as an ex-yakuza and a boy with memory-loss, a split-personality teenager and a friend who is attracted to him, a couple of childhood acquaintances who keep bumping into each other every few years and end up having sex every time but never actually define their relationship to each other, or a businessman who seduces his sister's ex-boyfriend who doesn't remember him so well--similar to Yamada Yugi's who is another favorite mangaka of mine. If you like stories about complex relationship with tangible plot to grasp onto, definitely give this one a try.
~by Oz
Quite dark and sad stories.
One of them is continuation of "Natsu Jikan" story.
~by Sanda
Contents:
ch01 - Like as the Time Will Come When it Will Rain... On a rainy day, Kyouichi Masaki finds a boy who has lost all his memories. Eventually, Kyouichi names him "Shiro," and they begin living together. During these peaceful days spent with Shiro, he forgets his loneliness, and, little by little, the world seems to regain its kindness, but the moment when these happy days will be destroyed draws near...
An Uncertain Cycle - Two men - who’ve known each other off and on since kindergarten - reunite as adults.
Changing Odds - A sequel to An Uncertain Cycle… Tsuda and Hitomi meet again.
Reflections in the Water - A high school student meets his friend’s twin brother for the first time.
Secrets and Lies - A man with a terrible secret reunites with someone from his past.
A Single Futon - A young man doesn’t approve of his brother’s new lover.
The Curse - (Sequel to “Summertime”) A man, cursed to forget the past, struggles to remember.
