Ripping someone open only makes them bleed – LN (EN)

<b>From the award-winning author of <i>I Want to Eat Your Pancreas </i>and <i>I Had That Same Dream Again </i>comes a brand-new novel: a tender coming-of-age story about the tangled lives of teenage girls.</b><br><br>Seventeen-year-old Akane has everything she could ever want: friends, a boyfriend, and an all-round perfect life. No one knows that her every move is a calculated performance, dictated by a compulsive need to be liked. Her flawless act is disrupted when she meets a man named Ai, who looks and sounds exactly like the protagonist of Akane’s favorite novel. Can this be a coincidence? And if not, what does it mean?<br><br>From Yoru Sumino, bestselling author of <i>I Want to Eat Your Pancreas</i>, comes this ensemble drama of fragile hearts and intersecting fates.