"The Dying Blue" Author: [Japan] Otoichi's original title: 死にぞこないの青

"The Dying Youth" is the representative work of the talented writer Otsuichi, who caused a sensation in the Japanese literary world at the age of 16. It is another dark masterpiece that looks directly into the abyss of the human heart after "Summer, Fireworks, and My Dead Body". It is a suspenseful and exciting strange story that delicately depicts the pain and warmth of growing up, the coldness and beauty of human nature, and is written for everyone who lives alone among the crowd.

Synopsis of the story of Dying Youth:

"'I'm worse than everybody else. I'm like a slug. I'm dumber than an earthworm. I'm fat. I'm a pig. I'm inferior to everybody else. I'm not worth living. I'm stupid. I deserve to die. I'm a dark person and I'm not good at sports, so I can't make any friends.'

The teacher asked me to repeat each of these words twenty times. "

Masao is hated by his teacher and ostracized by his classmates. In front of him, a mysterious boy with cyan skin appears.

Masao discovered that no one else in the class was aware of the boy's existence.