Replicant Parade is the story by Fumio Kinoshita that received the eighth Kaien Newcomer Literary Prize. Through the image of replicants suggested by the title, it evokes questions of identity, fabricated bodies, and modern unease.

The image of replicated bodies reflects uncertainty about the self and the atmosphere of the age.

Saishu Joei is a collection that includes Tatsuaki Ishiguro's debut work. The title story portrays a doctor facing a bedridden cancer patient who was once his university friend, quietly bringing together disclosure, friendship, and medical ethics.

An old friend appears before the narrator, now a doctor, as a patient carrying a grave illness.