8/10 (Within its specific genre context).
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The novel pits friendship against romantic love, and romantic love wins destructively, destroying the "sacred" bond between two men. 8/10 (Within its specific genre context)
Characters in Asano's world, like those in A Girl on the Shore , often engage in intimate acts not out of conventional romantic love, but from a need to feel less alone, bringing forth complex emotional turmoil. a strict ascetic