The Day I Become a Butterfly

This collection perfectly combines the simple beauty of art with the intricate complexity of the stories. There's a lifelike equilibrium in these stories, that makes you hear the flutter of the wings of the butterfly. Bitter-sweet mildness intertwined with dark intensity is present throughout all the stories. Characters are unrelenting - they offer no explanations – they are who they are. It astounding how a work of art can feel so profoundly real, and yet still be somehow celestial. Chou ni Naru Hi is like life – harsh reality interspersed with freckles of heavenly beauty.