What is said and what remains difficult to say

Choose seven books through differing beginnings: letters, a shared home, an agreement, school or work.

What to compare

Compare means of communication, explicit agreements and expectations placed on a person.

  1. 1 / 7

    偽りのマリィゴールド

    偽りのマリィゴールド

    Read a visit to a pen pal and a concealed lie as the starting conditions of a relationship.

    A question to follow

    What is known to the other person, and what has not been disclosed?

  2. 2 / 7

    毎月庭つき大家つき

    毎月庭つき大家つき

    Read a working adult and a former idol sharing a home through their living conditions.

    A question to follow

    How might everyday agreements and personal distance take shape?

  3. 3 / 7

    保健室はふたりきり

    保健室はふたりきり

    Choose a work with several romantic situations connected through a school infirmary.

    A question to follow

    Could what can be said in the same place differ from person to person?

  4. 4 / 7

    声がだせない少女は「彼女が優しすぎる」と思っている

    声がだせない少女は「彼女が優しすぎる」と思っている

    Read a girl unable to speak and a girl who can read minds through differences in communication.

    A question to follow

    How could an assumed understanding of a feeling be checked with the other person?

  5. 5 / 7

    ケイヤクシマイ

    ケイヤクシマイ

    Choose a sister agreement with an admired person through an explicitly named relationship.

    A question to follow

    How might naming a relationship differ from understanding each other?

  6. 6 / 7

    欠けた月とドーナッツ

    Read two colleagues through the gap between an expected life and personal feelings.

    A question to follow

    Can what a person wants be distinguished from what they feel expected to want?

  7. 7 / 7

    雨夜の月

    雨夜の月

    Choose two classmates through differences in hearing and communication.

    A question to follow

    When communication fails, can feelings be considered separately from the means used?

To choose a book

Choose through the question you want to follow: beginnings, everyday distance or social expectations.

Scope of this guide

Do not generalize portrayals of disability or relationships to everyone’s experience. The questions are editorial reading suggestions.

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