On a backstreet in Tokyo lies a pawnshop, but not everyone can find it. Most will see only a cosy ramen restaurant. And just the chosen ones - those who are lost - will find a place to pawn their life choices and deepest regrets. Hana Ishikawa wakes on her first morning as the pawnshop's new owner to find it ransacked, the shop's most precious acquisition stolen and her father missing. And then into the shop stumbles a charming stranger, quite unlike other customers. For he offers help, instead of seeking it. Together, they must journey through a mystical world to find Hana's father and the stolen choice - through rain puddles, hitching rides on paper cranes, across the bridge between midnight and morning and through a night market in the clouds. But as they get closer to the truth, Hana must reveal a secret of her own - and risk making a choice she will never be able to take back.
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Water Moon
On a backstreet in Tokyo lies a pawnshop, but not everyone can find it. Most will see only a cosy ramen restaurant. And just the chosen ones - those who are lost - will find a place to pawn their life choices and deepest regrets. Hana Ishikawa wakes on her first morning as the pawnshop's new owner to find it ransacked, the shop's most precious acquisition stolen and her father missing. And then into the shop stumbles a charming stranger, quite unlike other customers. For he offers help, instead of seeking it. Together, they must journey through a mystical world to find Hana's father and the stolen choice - through rain puddles, hitching rides on paper cranes, across the bridge between midnight and morning and through a night market in the clouds. But as they get closer to the truth, Hana must reveal a secret of her own - and risk making a choice she will never be able to take back.
Aktuelle Rezensionen(3)
Rezension von Lina Hana soll das Pfandhaus hinter dem Ramenladen übernehmen, aber am Tag der Übergabe ist ihr Vater verschwunden und ein fremder Mann taucht auf. Weder der Mann noch das Pfandhaus sind gewöhnlich. Zusammen machen sie sich auf den Weg Hanas Vater zu suchen, der sich wiederum auf den Weg gemacht hatte, seine Frau zu finden. Großartiges unaufrefendes spannendes Buch. Super geschrieben und eine wundervolle Liebesgeschichte.
Rezension von Agostina.3.5⭐ As someone who's familiar with Japanese (and other Asian) films, tv shows and music, this was my first time reading a Japanese-inspired book. I was so very pleased! You could <i>feel</i> the Japanese in this. It's creative and absolutely cinematic, and it truly felt like a movie inside my head. I was invested the entire time! People comparing this to Ghibli were not wrong: it's just as crazy and beautiful. By the way, loved the short chapters!
Rezension von Laura HolzmeyerKeishin is such an annoying MMC.