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Obayashi is a lovely station for a respite.
It had been about six months since Shoko had moved to the town of Obayashi, after the elderly woman she met on the train had recommended she stop there on the way home.

— 2 hours, 59 min ago

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As the Imazu Line reverses course from Nishinomiya-Kitaguchi to Takarazuka, what stories will it's passengers carry with them? Only they can know for sure. The train sets off on its finite journey, transporting as many stories as passengers.

— 8 hours, 15 min ago

Wouter van Noort is 52% done

The train departs from Takarazuka, taking on and letting off passengers before it arrives at Nishinomiya-Kitaguchi, where it will again welcome aboard a new cast of characters.

— 19 hours, 53 min ago

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Obayashi is a lovely station. Shoko finally understood what the old lady on the train had meant by those words.
A lovely station and what seemed like a lovely town (although it was so small that calling it a town seemed like a stretch).

— 22 hours, 46 min ago

Wouter van Noort is 29% done

So she had noticed him after all, he thought, his cheeks uncharacteristically flushed. The next time we meet.

— Mar 24, 2026 08:48AM

Wouter van Noort is 17% done

The announcement for Sakasegawa rang out, and when the train slowed the young woman who had been sitting beside the young man stood up. "The next time we meet, we should have a drink."

— Mar 24, 2026 03:31AM

Wouter van Noort is 8% done

A person alone,
Without any kind of distraction,
Looking animated,
Is very conspicuous.

— Mar 23, 2026 04:27PM

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