Bungeishunju Ltd. The November 2025 issue of Bungei-kai will be released on October 7th! Featured articles include “What will writers talk about with AI?” and “The spine of Ichikawa Sao’s ‘Girl’s Spine’.”

[Bungeishunju Ltd.] The November 2025 issue of Bungei Kai will be released on October 7th! Special feature: “What do writers talk about with AI?” / “The spine of Ichikawa Sao’s ‘Girl’s Spine'” etc. ​
Bungeishunju Ltd. Press Release: October 7, 2025 The November 2025 issue of Bungei-kai will be released on October 7th! Special feature: “What do writers talk about with AI?” / “The spine of Ichikawa Sao’s ‘Girl’s Spine'” etc. Also includes works by Sugimoto Hirotaka and Itagaki Masato, and a new series by Otoya Bungeishunju Ltd. (Representative Director: Shigeyuki Iikubo) will release the November 2025 issue of its literary magazine Bungei-kai today, Tuesday, October 7th. The special feature, “What Will Writers Talk About with AI?”, features a conversation between Sayaka Murata and Satoshi Kurihara, as well as essays by 19 authors. We will also feature Ichikawa Sao’s latest book, “A Girl’s Spine.”
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“Bungakukai” November 2025 issue cover ◆Table of Contents of the November Issue of Bungei-kai 【Special Feature】What Will Writers Talk About with AI? ・Dialogue: Sayaka Murata x Satoshi Kurihara “What Lies Beyond AI Ethics” Murata, who has been asking various questions about ChatGPT, wanted to ask AI researcher Kurihara what he wanted to know. ・Essays: 19 People’s “What Are You Talking About with AI?” Takehiro Ueda, Yuri Nagura, Mine Koike, Yuko Takenaka, Kyohei Kitamura, Shi Machikawa Haneda Keisuke, Inuyama Kamiko, Kureta Mana, Toyonaga Kohei, Oki Fusako, Okuno Sayoko Risa Wataya, Yuki Nagakata, Urban Gyao, Ameko Kodama, Kaie Mamiya, Rokka Higuchi, Yuuki Takiguchi ・Experiences: Masato Furukawa “Dr. Jemi” Kujira Mukaizaka “Delta” ・Interview with Yoichiro Miyake “Why do people talk to AI?” 【New Series】 Otoya “Parfait for the Imperfect” The Parfait Critic and Author Experiences the Surprising Marriage of a “Perfect” Dessert and Literature Ryohei Machiya “Infinite Crystal” Part 2 【Creation】 Hirotaka Sugimoto “The Mark” Why would a man try to leave such a sinister mark? A jewelry salesperson is drawn to a strange YouTuber… Itagaki Masato “Otosea” 【Interview】 Takayoshi Oe “Living in a World We Cannot Fully Understand