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2.02 - No Good News in this Chapter
Okada perceives Malta Kano’s call as ‘no good news’. But as Mr. Honda predicted, what’s good may seem bad; what’s bad may seem good.
— Dec 27, 2025 07:01PM
Okada perceives Malta Kano’s call as ‘no good news’. But as Mr. Honda predicted, what’s good may seem bad; what’s bad may seem good.
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2.12 - Discovered When Shaving • Discovered When Waking
— 8 hours, 23 min ago
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2.11 - Hunger as Pain • Kumiko’s Long letter • Bird as Prophet
Before the mystery of May Kasahara’s absence is solved, there’s the mystery of Creta Kano’s absence.
Kumiko’s letter highly upsetting, throwing me back years and years. The sense of not being good enough. And also anger, for the assumption that this would be a one-way decision for her to make on her own…
— 9 hours, 25 min ago
Before the mystery of May Kasahara’s absence is solved, there’s the mystery of Creta Kano’s absence.
Kumiko’s letter highly upsetting, throwing me back years and years. The sense of not being good enough. And also anger, for the assumption that this would be a one-way decision for her to make on her own…
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2.10 - May Kasahara on Death and Revolution • The Thing Made Elsewhere
All of a sudden, May, who struck me as cool and sympathetic, turns to be highly detached, on the verge of autistic as she is mainly focused on observing Toru’s behavior in response to her casual threats to leave him to die. Funny how he is just as casual about that; a similar detachment. He too keeps observing…
— Jan 03, 2026 03:29AM
All of a sudden, May, who struck me as cool and sympathetic, turns to be highly detached, on the verge of autistic as she is mainly focused on observing Toru’s behavior in response to her casual threats to leave him to die. Funny how he is just as casual about that; a similar detachment. He too keeps observing…
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2.09 - The Well and State • How the Ladder Disappeared
— Jan 03, 2026 12:31AM
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2.08 - The Root of Desire • In Room 208 • Passing Through the Wall
— Jan 01, 2026 10:24PM
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2.07 - Recollections and Dialogue on Pregnancy • Empirical Inquiry on Pain
— Jan 01, 2026 07:36PM
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2.06 - Inheriting Property • Inquiry on Jellyfish • Something Like a Sense of Detachment
— Dec 30, 2025 11:12PM
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The real world is in a much darker and deeper place than this, and most of it is occupied by jellyfish and things.
— Dec 30, 2025 10:50PM

