サヨナラ・リアル

by 朝丘 戻, 問 (イラスト)

十七だった。すこし卑屈でひどく孤独で無謀で、先生だけが世界のすべてだった。

高校生の真白の背中には羽が生えている。好かれるのも嫌われるのも、人格ではなく羽。そんな自身に空虚を感じていた真白は、「心の底から笑ったことある?」という美術教師の高岡の一言に救われて恋に落ちる。真白の告白はつれなく断られるが、高岡を想う真白は『美術準備室にいると窒息死する』という不穏な学校の噂を調査し始め…。

人間と獣人が共存する世界。そこで生まれる3つの恋景色。

323 pages, Paperback

First published August 12, 2016

About the author

朝丘 戻（あさおか もどる）は、日本のボーイズラブ小説家。
2月19日生まれ、水瓶座、B型。
2002年雑誌「Cobalt」の掲載作品、短編『手紙』にて商業誌デビュー。2003年「春恋。」（集英社 コバルト文庫）が初の刊行本。

Modoru Asaoka is Boys Love (BL) author of Japan.
Birthday: February 19, Zodiac signs: Aquarius, Blood type: B.
First published work: 「春恋。」2003.

Reviews

[Sophie · Rating 4 out of 5]

One reason I like Asaoka Modoru's novels as much as I do is because of how real they feel, and that is true even for a novel called "Sayonara, real". It's set in a world where there are humans as well as some humans with animal parts (wings, cat ears and such), and the consequences this has. The repercussions of this setting are dealt with in quite some depth and in a way that really resonated with me. I also like how mundane a lot of her stories feel, but in a good way. The reason this is four rather than five stars is that the story is split into three parts (or four) dealing with three pairings, and the main pairing was the least interesting for me while I would have loved to read more about the others.

This certainly isn't your typical BL novel, but I really enjoyed it.