After all, Kyonosuke and his friends are a generation that is one step behind in everything. The government passed the Japan-US Security Treaty in 1960, and the school dispute for university reform had already ended. The remnants were still smoldering around the campus, but the storm of reform lurked in the shadow. The helmet was thrown into the courtyard corner and struck by the rain, smeared with dust. Everything has retreated into the horizon and will eventually disappear-it's a feeling of breakdown and helplessness.

Everyone was stuck in the boarding house because of a university's message that they couldn't attend school. Kyonosuke was eager to do something, but in the end, he didn't know what to do, so he indulged himself in mahjong and sake. He had learned those indulgences before and began to hop bars at night with the money he earned from his part-time job.

He couldn't even respond to a girl he had a crush on, then she would become someone distanced or would cut her off himself, for he couldn't endure such a feeling. Then, eventually, he began to forget what it means to love someone.





[AUTHOR]

Akinori Komure



Born in Kagoshima prefecture in 1950 (Showa). Spend time in elementary school, junior high school, high school and local.

Entered Nihon University College of Art in 1968 and graduated in 1973. During this time, he married his classmate Machiko Sato and started writing in earnest.

In 1980, they entered the Department of Psychology at Shiraume Gakuen Junior College and studied psychology. Upon graduating in 1982, he moved to Fukushima City, Fukushima Prefecture, the hometown of Machiko.

In 2000, he announced ""Beyond the Ultramarine"" (a journey that never ends), and in 2002, he announced ""Beyond the Ultramarine"" (a journey that never ends). Machiko died in 2015. Until now.