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Saru no Taikanshiki
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A nominee for the 170th Akutagawa Prize. A good child's crown is not something that is given to them by others, but something that they bestow upon themselves. After a certain incident, Shifumi, who has been withdrawn into himself, spots an "older sister" on the television screen and decides to visit the zoo and botanical gardens. He meets "Shineno," a bonobo ape-man who has previously been trained to learn words by machine, and the two synchronize their souls and share a bond. --"We each have a powerful spell that only we can use." "The thing the woman wanted to strip away right now was surely her human skin. She was standing on the other side of the glass pretending to be human." "The woman and Sineno were the same. Sineno's behavior was perfect, but he was still pretending to be a monkey, or taking the form of a monkey, and was on this side of the room." Hey, it all just feels so unpleasant, doesn't it
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