Genres
Drama Focuses on realistic portrayals of human emotions and conflicts, often dealing with serious themes and interpersonal relationships.Mystery Involves solving a puzzle or crime, with characters gathering clues and piecing together information to uncover the truth.Psychological Explores the inner workings of the human mind, focusing on characters' thoughts, emotions, and mental states, often with complex narratives.Sci-Fi Set in a future or alternate reality, often featuring advanced technology, space exploration, or speculative scientific concepts.Supernatural Involves events or beings that defy natural laws, often including ghosts, demons, vampires, or other paranormal phenomena.Shinzou no Nai Kyojin
心臓のない巨人
This volume collects two short stories by Shio Satou, each spanning two chapters.
In "Shinzou no Nai Kyojin," aboard the giant spaceship Exculsus, King Kravitz and Queen Clara rule over a vast population of permanent residents. The king's duty includes fathering children with the ship's women, but his failure to produce an heir with the queen stirs tension and unrest. When Clara acquires a strange telepathic blue-eyed monkey, it briefly lightens the mood—but her care for the alien creature may pose an unforeseen danger to herself and her people.
The second story, "Babylon Made Nan Mile?," takes place during the Star Festival, a grand event held every seven years that draws VIPs from across the galaxy to the city of Takitsusu. Amid heightened security, the beautiful wife of the mayor is found murdered. As the police investigate, the question remains: who killed her, and why?
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