Known as a South Japan Literary Award work, this story can be read as an attempt to capture unseen emotion and the atmosphere of place, tracing subtle shifts in the distance between people.

The presence of what cannot be seen quietly links human feeling with the memory of place.

This group of works, including Hanwarai no kishitachi, was recognized as a set of stories. Through irony and a faintly comic tone, it approaches human weakness and unease within local everyday life.

Behind the aftertaste of a half-smile, human weakness and everyday strangeness come into view.