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君と僕の夜の猫
京都で小さな刃物の専門店を営む夏生は、幼馴染みの町医者・智明とつかず離れずの関係を続けている。智明に大切に扱われるのを嬉しく感じながらも、それが高校時代の不幸な事故に智明が感じる必要のない責任と罪悪感を抱いているせいだとも理解していた。見えない糸に縛られた幼馴染み二人の関係は、ある日ゆっくりと熱を孕み恋情へと形を変える…。
268 pages, Soft Cover [単行本]
First published March 18, 2016
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September 1, 2019
I delayed reading this book for a long time because some said it was kinda boring, lacking climax and such. Turned out (once again) that I should never trust the general opinion haha.
This book was such a delight. It's slow-paced and gentle like a nice breeze in summer. Sure there wasn't much drama, but there were plenty of bittersweet moments that gave the book a melancholic and at the same time suggestive atmosphere. The romance was never potrayed in a straightforward way. You knew there was definitely something, yet whenever the story switched to the bottom's POV you somehow got immersed in the character's flow of thoughts and started feeling uneasy and anxious as well. I couldn't come up with a logical answer for why the characters couldn't be more honest with each other, yet the story couldn't feel more natural. It wasn't dramatic, it wasn't overly-emotional, it was just so natural and touching.
I don't want to participate in the propagating of the "Kyoto-the heart of Japanese culture" image initiated by a number of self-righteous elitist af Kyoto folks but, well this book drew a very beautiful and warm picture of Kyoto and its people. Kyoto-ben sure sounds like the most romantic dialect in Japan when it's spoken to you by someone who loves and cares for you deeply (Or maybe all dialect and language on Earth is like that haha). Kudos to Kawai Yumiko, lovely writing as usual.
This book was such a delight. It's slow-paced and gentle like a nice breeze in summer. Sure there wasn't much drama, but there were plenty of bittersweet moments that gave the book a melancholic and at the same time suggestive atmosphere. The romance was never potrayed in a straightforward way. You knew there was definitely something, yet whenever the story switched to the bottom's POV you somehow got immersed in the character's flow of thoughts and started feeling uneasy and anxious as well. I couldn't come up with a logical answer for why the characters couldn't be more honest with each other, yet the story couldn't feel more natural. It wasn't dramatic, it wasn't overly-emotional, it was just so natural and touching.
I don't want to participate in the propagating of the "Kyoto-the heart of Japanese culture" image initiated by a number of self-righteous elitist af Kyoto folks but, well this book drew a very beautiful and warm picture of Kyoto and its people. Kyoto-ben sure sounds like the most romantic dialect in Japan when it's spoken to you by someone who loves and cares for you deeply (Or maybe all dialect and language on Earth is like that haha). Kudos to Kawai Yumiko, lovely writing as usual.
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