With graduation near and a job already secured, Sayo Horigai moves between university, her part-time work, and her lodging through languid days. Among the time she spends with friends, she encounters violence and sorrow close to everyday life, along with a faint hope. This coming-of-age novel was published under a new title after winning the prize as Man-Eater.

Close to a languid student life, violence and sorrow appear, along with a faint hope.