Bungeishunju Ltd. Michi Ichiho’s long-awaited first full-length novel in three years, “After You,” will be released on November 21st!

[Bungeishunju Ltd.] Michi Kazuho’s long-awaited first full-length novel in three years, “After You,” will be released on November 21st! ​
Bungei Shunju Co., Ltd. Press release: October 16, 2025 To Members of the Press Michi Kazuho’s long-awaited first full-length novel in three years, “After You,” will be released on November 21st! A lover disappears into the sea in a distant land. This tale of loss and rebirth breaks new ground for the author.
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Book cover of Michi Ichiho’s “After You” (cover illustration by agoera) Michi Ichiho’s new novel, “After You,” will be published by Bungeishunju on November 21, 2025. This long-awaited novel, her first in three years since “Stay Where the Light Is,” won the Shima Kiyoshi Romance Literature Award and placed third in the Booksellers’ Awards. It depicts the love and destiny of two girls over the 25 years since they first met. Kazuho, ​​who won the Naoki Prize for “Tsumidemic” and whose work “Love, Love, or Kindness,” published last year, also generated a great deal of buzz, tells the story of loss and rebirth of lovers harboring dark secrets and loneliness. ■Synopsis Taxi driver Seigo returns home after work to find his girlfriend, Tami, missing even though she should be there. When she still hasn’t returned the next day, Seigo grows increasingly impatient. Then he receives news that Tami has been involved in a shipwreck with a stranger off Ojika Island in the Goto Islands. Was it just an ordinary affair, or… Aogo and Satoko, the wife of a man visiting him, head to Toka Island, where a hidden past emerges. ■Handwritten comment from Michi Ichiho Image
URL: https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/43732/792/43732-792-51357a35fb9ad34c077bad3498d812b0-1343×798.jpg ■Author Profile: Ichiho Michi Born in Osaka Prefecture. Debuted in 2007 with “Snow, Like the Scent of an Apple.” In 2010, she won the Yoshikawa Eiji Literary Newcomer Award for “Small Worlds,” the Shima Kiyoshi Romance Literature Award in 2012 for “Stay Where the Light Is,” and the Naoki Prize for “Tsumidemic.” She also won the
Sakuyakonohana Award (Literary and Others category) in 2010. Her other works include the “Yes or No or Half?” series, “Parachute with a Parasol,” “Stardust in a Sandstorm,” “Bubble Mosaic,” and “If It’s Love, Love, or Kindness.” ■Bibliographic information Title: “After You” Author: Michi Kazuho Price: 1,980 yen (tax included) Publisher: Bungeishunju Co., Ltd. Size: 46, hardcover, 352 pages Release date: November 21, 2025 ISBN: 978-4-16-392042-9 Bibliography URL:
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