Another Episode S/0 (Novel) (Hardcover)
Summer, 1998. Mei Misaki, age fifteen, has gone with her family to their seaside vacation home. There she meets the ghost of Teruya Sakaki, her classmate from Yomiyama North Middle School Class 3-3 who, like Mei, witnessed the mysterious events that had transpired at the school. There begins an adventure of memory and mystery as they search for the ghost’s body and his memories alike.
Biographical Notes:
Yukito Ayatsuji is a well-known mystery writer in Japan whose works include Another, Freaks, and Homunculus. In his works, he strives to recapture the tone and tropes of classic detective fiction. He is married to Ono Fuyumi, the author of The Twelve Kingdoms.
Hiro Kiyohara made his commercial debut in 2005 with Sakura Iro Symmetry. His work was published in Monthly Shonen Ace’s May issue (Kadokawa Shoten). His representative works include the manga version of Kimi ni Shika Kikoenai and the manga version of Another. In 2015, Kodansha and KADOKAWA published an art book to celebrate its 10th anniversary.
Title Notes:
Perfect for fans of Another and Higurashi When They Cry.
Another is a horror novel written by mystery fiction author Yukito Ayatsuji. Ayatsuji’s eerie tale of the “curse” that plagues the classroom of a murdered student and the investigation into the bizarre deaths attributed to it became an immediate sensation.
More details on Yukito Ayatsuji & Hiro Kiyohara:
Yukito Ayatsuji’s Twitter account