HINO Hiroko

An intense suspense about a piano prodigy and her mother's murder by the industry's hottest talent, Hino Hiroko! A country town in Hokkaido. Ritsu is a junior high school student who lives in a house with a piano teacher, and Saya is a transfer student who attends the school. As the two grow closer through a piano competition, Saya tells Ritsu that she wants to kill her mother. Time passes, and ten years later. Ritsu is spending her busy days in the editorial department of a weekly magazine in Tokyo, when a body is found in her hometown in Hokkaido, causing a commotion. A memory of ten years ago and a ten year gap. As if ignoring the length of time, the story now begins to move forward.

This is a short story collection. 1-2) Yagate Ashita ni Itaru Semi (Feel Young 2-3/2022) 3\) Otte Kiranai. (FY 11/21) 4\) Hotategai no Onna (FY 9/21) 5\) Tarabagani no Otoko (FY 3/23) Yuhi has a history of being sexually assaulted by a neighbouring junior high school student and moves to Sapporo. In the spring of her eighth grade year, she is reunited with her assailant's younger brother, Haruto, who says certain words to her.

In the summer of her senior year of high school, Kita confessed her feelings to her homeroom teacher, Mr. Oikawa, in the staff room, and word quickly spread throughout the school. Kita-san loves her teacher. What about me?