Kano, whose ears were eaten by an electric salamander in childhood, comes to wear the mechanical ears of a cyborg boy. Guided by the mysterious voices they receive, her world begins to change in this Japanese fantasy about a girl living with a wound.

Mysterious voices reaching the mechanical ears lead Kano toward the unknown.

During summer vacation, adults vanish from a town and Kento, a university student, is attacked by children. The title story follows him and Shu, an elementary-school boy who rescues him, as they confront the town's strange crisis; the volume also includes "Beyond the Shattered Sky," set a year later.

In a summer town emptied of adults, a university student and a boy face an unsettling mystery.

両手を広げて is a work by 河原明 that was recognized by the ノベル大賞 in 1997. It is read as a published literary work.

両手を広げて, a work recognized by the ノベル大賞.

Kano, whose ears were eaten by an electric salamander in childhood, comes to wear the mechanical ears of a cyborg boy. Guided by the mysterious voices they receive, her world begins to change in this Japanese fantasy about a girl living with a wound.

Mysterious voices reaching the mechanical ears lead Kano toward the unknown.