Shincho Bunko Releases Youth Novel "Mizu yo Odore" by Noteworthy Author Keiya Iwai

Shinchosha Publishing Co., Ltd. released the paperback edition (Shincho Bunko) of "Mizu yo Odore" by Keiya Iwai on May 28th (Thursday).

■ Enthusiastic messages from bookstore staff

"It contains eternal themes for everyone living in this world." (Ayano Yoshida, Iwase Shoten Tomikuyama Store)
"An overwhelming masterpiece with incredible intensity, where the author's earnest feelings overflow." (Mari Yamanaka, Junkudo Shoten Shiga Kusatsu Store)
"I must pass this on to someone before the heat I felt from the tips of my fingers fades!" (Kaori Kuda, Seibunkan Shoten Nakajima Shinmachi Store)
"I feel this is a story that will be read for the next 10, or even 20 years." (Junichi Kurisawa, Sawayashoten Main Store)

Keiya Iwai's "Mizu yo Odore," which received passionate messages from bookstore staff upon its hardcover release, has finally been published as a paperback.

Kazushi Seto, a boy raised in Hong Kong, returns to the region as an architecture student. His goal is to solve the mystery behind the fatal fall of the girl he was in love with. In this place nearing its handover, men and women with various feelings reside. By forming friendships and sometimes conflicting with them, Kazushi steps closer to the truth.

This is a masterpiece by Keiya Iwai, a Naoki Prize nominee and currently one of the most noteworthy authors whose works are frequently adapted for screen. The ending will surely bring warm tears to your eyes!

■ Book Introduction

She died after falling from a building roof in March of that year. She was 17. Kazushi Seto returned to Hong Kong as an international student. His real purpose was to pursue the mystery of the death of Rei-Yan, the girl he once loved. However, various darknesses lay in wait for Kazushi. What is true freedom? Can ambitions be realized? Set in Hong Kong just before the handover to China, this is a heart-wrenching youth novel depicting a group of men and women swaying during an unrepeatable season. [Commentary: Asayo Takii]

■ Author Profile: Keiya Iwai

Born in Osaka in 1987. Graduated from the Faculty of Agriculture, Hokkaido University, and completed a master's program at the Graduate School of Agriculture. Debuted as an author in 2018 after winning the Yasei Jidai Frontier Literature Award for "Eien ni tsuite no Shomei." He has authored numerous books, including "Bunshin," "Kanzen naru Hakugin," "Rakuen no Inu," "Ware wa Kumagusu," "Yofuke yori Shizukana Basho," "Kishuiiki," "Ashita no Shozo," and "Kobushi no Koe ga Kikoeru ka." He also works on series such as "Saigo no Kanteinin" and "Yokohama Neighbors."

■ Book Data

[Title] "Mizu yo Odore"
[Author] Keiya Iwai
[Release Date] May 28th
[Format] Paperback
[Price] 1045 yen (tax included)
[ISBN] 978-4-10-106951-7
[URL] https://www.shinchosha.co.jp/book/106951/