 Kalliel 2009-04-25 . chapter 1You have the most lovely dream-like descriptions--the idea of seeing something more clearly in one's dreams, when it was ignored while one was actually PRESENT is quite interesting. And I love this: "he would suggest the city missed him and had a way of showing it by manifesting in his dreams in this peculiar way." I have the most amazing weakness for personified buildings (and descriptions of architecture in general).
The students were adorable as well. I loved the characterization of not the students as individuals, but the 'feel' of the class and their relationship with their pseudo-professor.
I get the feeling that I definitely should have read Jumon first, though; even if this is a loose sequel. I think I'm confusing myself about the Agency and the cryptography and all of the plot points that I'm sure span this entire series of stories, ahaha.
I like the subtlety of the way you've chosen to characterize K. Sentences like these, especially, that are direct but imply far more than their handful of words: "His memories of himself at their age are carefully fabricated and tell him that he was perfect." And the scene where he was sick, but still showed up to teach his class, too--and this scene has the added intrigue of T. The glyphs--is it a code they're learning, or Japanese? For when they're writing 'magic' on the board.
The overarching flying fish imagery was eyecatching as well. I really love coastal descriptions/fish stuff, and the exchange between the fish-that-cannot-speak-but-to-sing and the Glico man was just...awesome. I don't know why exactly, but it was.
And this, too: "Japan is hiding beneath the stairs in the form of a girl." Great description.
I look forward to more of this series! ^^
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