Description
In the late 1990s, a period when the contours of the world were shifting, the young creator Sonoyama Fumi produced a series of short stories that cut to the core of human emotion. This collection gathers those early works, including pieces being published in book format for the first time, alongside ten pages of newly drawn art. The stories are unified by a raw, vibrant energy described as an azure impact, capturing the restless and churning feelings of that era. The title itself evokes a sense of writhing, whether of insects or of worthless things rising up and making noise. The thematic core is one of defiant, unpolished humanity, as expressed in a passage from the included work The Madman's Will: a declaration to live shamelessly, to become a more unpleasant person, and to keep hurling abuses, because that is what it means to be human. While the collection presents a series of standalone narratives rather than a single continuous plot, recurring emotional threads include the struggle for survival, the weight of humiliation, and a chaotic rejection of societal norms. As an anthology, there is no single protagonist, but rather a series of intense, fleeting characters that embody the author's sharp sensibility and solid draftsmanship. The setting is distinctly late 1990s Japan, a specific cultural moment that the collection seeks to unseal, allowing the sealed emotions of that time to begin stirring once more. The narrative arcs are found in individual stories such as Insects are buzzing and Evil people and the like rise up and make a racket, each a short, piercing explosion of feeling rather than an extended saga.
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- Story & ArtFumi Sonoyama
