Junko Takase

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• おいしいごはんが食べられますように

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  Akutagawa 2022 (first half) · ★ Winner

  May You Have Delicious Meals

  おいしいごはんが食べられますように · Oishii gohan ga taberaremasu yō ni

  Junko Takase · 34 when first published

  Novel · 132 pages · Love, Satire

  AIAI-generated summary:At an office in Saitama, Nitani, who cares nothing for food, starts dating Ashikawa, the fragile colleague everyone protects, who bakes sweets for the office, while Oshio, hardworking and fed up with Ashikawa, suggests to Nitani that they be mean to her together.

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  Akutagawa 2021 (first half) · Candidate

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  Mizutamari de iki o suru

  AITitle translated by AI:“Breathing in a Puddle”

  Junko Takase · 33 when first published

  Novel · 136 pages · Love

  AIAI-generated summary:Itsumi notices her husband no longer bathes, complaining that tap water smells foul and irritates his skin; soon he steps out to stand in the rain, and when his odour becomes office gossip he resigns and they relocate to the town she grew up in, where he washes in the river every day.