Amayo Yuuhou (雨夜幽歩)

Scary stories tend to hide what's truly within an author's heart. What exactly could this truth be, as it comes to light between author and listener...? Frightening yet gentle, eerie yet warm. A new and exciting therapeutic horror story takes the stage! (Source: MangaPlus)

My job is mostly at night, which means I'm constantly fighting sleepiness every day. The girlfriend waving at me from the sidelines of a buffet, the email that said "I'll break all your joints," the old friend I was with while "waiting to be punched" by a coworker... We all eventually forget everything, good and bad. That's why I'm writing about the things I didn't want to forget.

\[Afternoon Shiki Award 2022 Summer Semi-finalist] This work was awarded the semi-finalist prize in the Afternoon Shiki Award 2022 Summer Contest, with judge Mori Kaoru praising it for its "excellent portrayal of complex human emotions, such as memories, sadness, helplessness, and indescribable anxiety." Jiro's older brother has been in poor health since he was a child and has been in and out of the hospital frequently. His brother often spends his time sleeping at home, and perhaps because of this, he sometimes says strange things.