Rural China, 1990. Bai is a pretty and enterprising college student who travels to a remote, mist shrouded mountain village in the company of a pair of affable strangers. But what Bai thought was an expedition to gather herbs turns horrific when her fellow travelers sell her into slavery. Contrasts the exotic beauty of China with the cruelty of a system that tolerates human trafficking and a community that thrives on it.

In 2018, Hin takes an accidental fall. Upon awakening, he finds that he has time-traveled back to 2013 when he was studying at university and first met his girlfriend, Joyce. Hin believes that this time rift is a heaven-sent opportunity to help him prevent his father from indulging in gambling and making a life-changing mistake. He also views it as a chance to save Joyce, who lays unconscious back in 2018, and change his destiny.

2022 Honya Awards TOP5 There is a kind of "maliciousness" that is deeper than murder. If you can win a better future, are you willing to "lie"? An immersive psychological battle where you can never guess the murderer. Japanese bookstore staff and readers are highly praised by word of mouth. It belongs to the current generation and sold 150,000 copies. Movies, stage plays, and comics adapted from phenomenal IPs have never entered the "interview room"....

"Toru, a quiet and preternaturally serious young college student in Tokyo, is devoted to Naoko, a beautiful and introspective young woman, but their mutual passion is marked by the tragic death of their best friend years before. Toru begins to adapt to campus life and the loneliness and isolation he faces there, but Naoko finds the pressures and responsibilities of life unbearable. As she retreats further into her own world, Toru finds himself reaching...