Okuthandwayo kuyaphupha. Okuhambisa imishini yangaphakathi ngothando kugcina kwakha ukwakheka lapho umuntu ngamunye ezwa khona, aphila khona futhi nakanjani uyaphupha.
Le noveli inamaphupho amaningi agcwaliseka ngendlela ebi kunazo zonke yenguquko ebushiwe. Ngoba wonke umuntu ophuphayo uyazi ukuthi iphupho akusona isiphetho noma impumelelo, futhi akuyona into ebonakalayo.
Abancane Umbhali waseCzech u-Anna Cima Kule noveli usibeka emngceleni wephupho lakhe, uthando lwakhe. Futhi ngendlela engakholeki lapho umuntu othanda ukuxoxa elandisa khona ngohambo lwakhe lwakamuva, u-Anna uba nguJana ukusithatha ukusuka kolunye uhlangothi kuya kolunye, kusuka ekucatshangweni kuya eJapan yangempela, kudidizelwe embhedeni wezincwadi onemibono efana nephupho.
Lapho uJana oneminyaka eyishumi nesikhombisa ubudala efika ephusheni lakhe iTokyo, ufisa ukuhlala unomphela. Ngokushesha uqinisekile ngemiphumela engalindelekile lokhu okungaba nayo. Uzozithola uzivalele kumbuthano womlingo wendawo ephithizelayo yaseShibuya.
Ngenkathi uhlobo olusha lukaJana luzulazula edolobheni, lubhekana nezimo ezingajwayelekile futhi lubuyela ekhaya, uJana oneminyaka engamashumi amabili nane ubudala wenza izifundo zeJapanology ePrague, ufisa ukuthola umfundaze eTokyo futhi, kanye nomunye umfundi, abe wephula ikhanda ngokuhunyushwa kwendaba yaseJapan.
Ibhalwe ngolimi olumnandi, olusha nolungahlangene, inoveli yokuqala yentsha yaseJapan ikhuluma ngokufuna indlela eya esikweni elihlukile, ukungacaci komhlaba wangempela kanye nogibe lwephupho.
Manje usungathenga incwadi ethi «I woke up in Shibuya», ebhalwe ngu-Anna Cima, lapha: