Yonke into eJapan yenzeka ngesantya esahlukileyo, phantsi kweendlela ezahlukeneyo zokuziphatha, zokuziphatha nezoluntu. Inkqubo ye- isini esimnyama ngekhe ikhetheke. Isinika yona IHideo yokoyama Kule noveli yapapashwa okokuqala ngo-2016 (kwaye yanyanzeliswa yimpumelelo yinyani yenyani endaweni yezona ziqhushumbo) sisikhokelo sabakhenkethi. Isicwangciso sokuhamba kwezo zinto zangaphakathi apho ukuhanjiswa komntu kusasazeka njengamabala amnyama amnyama. Ibala eligutyungelweyo kungekudala kwaye lingcwatyelwe phantsi kwemaleko kunye nokubekwa kwesitokhwe kunye nokunyanzelwa okukrakra.
Kuba kwanobundlobongela kufuneka bugcine imithetho eJapan, indlalifa kwimeko yayo yokomoya edluliswa njengombane ohamba kuyo yonke into ukusuka emithonjeni yeforam yangaphakathi ukuya kwisandla sokugqibela sesandla okanye ukujonga nje. Kwaye yonke into engahambelaniyo nayo kufuneka ilibaleke, nokuba lolwaphulo-mthetho oluhlukumeza utata ozeka kade umsindo ...
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NgoJanuwari 1989, intombazana eneminyaka esixhenxe ubudala yaxhwilwa kumantla eTokyo. Abazali zange bafunde ukuba ngubani umqweqwedisi. Khange baphinde bayibone intombi yabo. Igama lekhowudi yetyala: Abathandathu abane.
Ngaphezulu kweminyaka elishumi kamva, umphathi wamapolisa wanyanzelwa ukuba abuyele kulo msitho, ibala lawo lingazange liphele ngokuhamba kwexesha: ukusilela kophando kuyaqhubeka nokuba ngumthombo wehlazo. Kodwa igqala uMikami akasafuni ukusombulula ulwaphulo-mthetho, ufuna kuphela ukufikelela kusapho lwexhoba kwaye enze igalelo ngandlela ithile ekucoceni igama lomzimba. Nangona kunjalo, emva kokufumanisa ukungahambi kakuhle kwifayile, uMikami uphela etyhila injongo yolwaphulo-mthetho oluqukethe iimfihlo ezingenakucingwa.
Ngoku ungathenga inoveli "Isithandathu sesine", nguHideo Yokoyama, apha: