Yokodera is just like every teenage boy: perversion is in his nature. He can’t help but look up girls’ skirts and fantasize about them. However,... more>> in his case, every time he does something pe*verted, it somehow gets turned around and misunderstood as something positive for the community. Sick of being so pe*verted, he tries to shake free of it by going to a special part of town. On top of a hill, away from the town and at the foot of a large tree, there is a wooden sculpture of a beckoning cat that is said to have special powers. Instead of bringing a wish to the user like a typical beckoning cat, it takes something from the user, and, in Yokodera’s case, his perversion. Still doubtful, he uses the beckoning cat thinking that it couldn’t hurt to try, but, little does he know, his life is about to make a turn to the unexpected. <<less

Told through two perspectives, this is a tale about a world about to end and a dazzling time of youth.... more>>

Kusaoka Haruma, a student from a low-end high school, and the angelic underclassman Chigusa Yu. Two people who should not be in the same year level end up meeting as a result of a fateful incident. Abnormal weather, abnormal phenomena, abnormal actions. An ordinary life that falls off the rails little by little, and a bizarre urban legend.

According to “The Random Crossroad”—at midnight, if you come to the end of the T-juncture and choose the wrong path, you can never come back.

As they chase after a girl whose whereabouts are unknown as a result of these events, could what they find exceed Haruma and Yu’s wildest expectations…?! <<less

The Tempo Loss Bishop Exchange of Haruhi Suzumiya is a Haruhi Suzumiya short story written by Sō Sagara that appeared in the 30th anniversary Sneaker... more>> Bunko entitled The Sneaker Legend. <<less