Ano Natsu ga Owaru

あの夏が終わる

by Yumi Tamura

Tamu's Everything Capsule #2. A Collection of short stories: 1. Ano Natsu ga Owaru (あの夏が終わる); Bessatsu Shoujo Comic 1985-11 During an elevator accident, Hidemi's friend Natsuko dies, but Hidemi seems to think there was perhaps something more to her death than met the eye... 2. Champagne Target (シャンパン・ターゲット) Niwako is a rising star of Shibata Production, a small talent agency. Even though her agency is not the biggest, she is the agency head's favorite and with his skilled help, her career is definitely budding, but a chance encounter with a strange guy named Kazuhito threatens to rock the boat... 3. Wedding Bell wa Kikoenai (ウエディングベルは聞こえない); Bessatsu Shoujo Comic Tokubetsu Zoukan 1985-05 Sandy lives in an apartment in New York with her fiance, Clint, a romance novelist. Since Clint is hitting it big with his newest books, they've decided to get married in two weeks, but the dangerous subways of the city reveal that Clint may have a side to him that Sandy has never seen... 4 Oretachi no Zettai Jikan (オレたちの絶対時間); Bessatsu Shoujo Comic Zoukan 1983-09 Yumi Tamura's debut work. One day, Billy Hamilton, a young journalist, comes across a young man carrying a beautiful dead woman in his arms while crossing a busy street. Intrigued and sniffing the scent of a big story, he offers to let the man stay at his apartment. But, who is this strange man and why is he carrying around a dead body? Is Billy in over his head?