Tobu, Kokoro(2005)

Tobu, Kokoro

This volume contains three short stories. Chapter one, the title story, is about Noda, a boy who has 3 secrets: First, he's in love with his classmate Fukushima. Second, he can draw his spirit out from his body. And finally, sometimes he secretly watches Fukushima at home, when his spirit has left his body. But one day he drops in at Fukushima's at a very unfavorable moment. Chapter two, Beside, is about a boy who is asked to take care of a huge white rabbit and how the animal makes him understand his own feelings. Chapter three is about Yuzuru Sakaguchi, a boy who leads a lonely but peaceful life, cut off by the rumor that you can see ghosts around him. One day a new teacher comes to his school and his life is thrown completely out of joint.