Ramo Nakajima's Tonight, in Every Bar is a novel narrated by a man hospitalized for alcoholism, depicting drinking, hospital life, friendship, and self-destruction with humor and pain.

It laughs while hurting and looks beyond alcohol from within that hurt.

Miyuki Miyabe's Honjo Fukagawa Fushigi Zoshi is a linked Edo-period mystery collection based on the Seven Wonders of Honjo. Centered on the investigator Shichichi, it layers eerie rumors with downtown humanity.

Following the shadow of the uncanny reveals the humanity of Edo's downtown.