"Mokuyoubi ni wa Kokoa wo" (Cocoa on Thursday) by Aoyama Michiko. A collection of short stories about relationships.
The short stories are all very sweet and pleasant to read, but the really brilliant part is how all the chapters linked together -- "Cocoa on Thursday" is the title of the first chapter, and one of the sub character in it became the main character of the second chapter and so on, until the final chapter completes the loop with the first chapter. It feels like a relaxing tour through colors that makes you want to ride again right after completing a loop.
Aoyama Michiko was one of the authors collected in the 5 minute cafe stories. This book has the same enjoyable tempo of an anthology, but is much more consistent in quality. Definitely something that I would be reading again.
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