As I read through Tuberose, I was thinking it'd be nice to keep a summary going of the things that happen through out the book. This is not a translation, just a summary. I couldn't and I'm not trying to maintain Shige's writing style, but if you're curious to know about the general plot then I hope this is helpful to you!

Age 22


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※ Content warning for talk of suicide.

It’s mid-September and the summer heat is still unrelenting, with the deaths due to heat stroke in the hundreds. Since Kouta works at night, it doesn’t affect him except for now as he heads to Mitsuko’s house in the early afternoon.

When he got his job offer he called her and she was really happy for him, he ( Read more... )

After all the interviews have finished, Kouta has three unofficial job offers and one rejection. Three weeks have passed since his interview with AIDA, but he hasn’t heard anything. Though he knows it’s unlikely they’d hire him, since he heard back from DDL right away when he was rejected, he can’t let it go yet.

Mitsuko has been busy at work and ( Read more... )

Two crows fly across the large window behind the interviewers, and Yachigusa knowingly asks Kouta again if he worked as a host. Kouta knows from what happened to the previous interviewees that it’ll do no good to lie and tells the truth.

He explains that he failed in job searching and was in financial trouble when got scouted to be a host. He ( Read more... )

The chapter opens with job searching season starting again, and this year things are going much better for Kouta. He only made it the final interview for one company last year, and this year it’s increased to 5 companies, including his first choice, AIDA. With his experience as a host, his ability to talk in front of others has vastly improved and ( Read more... )

The chapter opens with Kouta returning to his university’s campus. He notes all the different kinds of students, and though he didn’t have a ton of friends in school it’s the first time he’s not seen anyone he knows and thinks that it’s as if it’s the first day all over again. He thought he would feel something, but he’s just bored so he decides to ( Read more... )

The chapter opens with Kouta being released from jail two days after the fight. He sits down at a bench in front of the train station and turns on his phone to see that he has missed calls from Mitsuko, Megumi, his mother, DDL, the hospital where Misaki was sent, as well as a message from Misaki saying that she was safely discharged from the ( Read more... )

The chapter opens with Kouta calling Mitsuko to tell her that his first day at the internship went well. He’s aiming for a planning position and successfully presented several game ideas and the next day they’ll begin the game creation simulation. He tells Mitsuko that he wants to see her, but she tells him no because he needs to focus so she’ll ( Read more... )

Mitsuko’s copy of The Prince is worn has writing on the pages. Kouta can pick out both Mitsuko’s handwriting and that of someone else. Kouta’s impression of The Prince had been of  Machiavellianism and the negation of that. From his studies in high school, he knew that the image of Machiavellianism, that the end justifies the means, is actually ( Read more... )

To all the fans,

NEWS fans have created and continue to create a place for me to belong to. Thank you. I’m sure that you’ve worried and cried a lot. Even though supporting an idol shouldn’t make you sad, there are times that I’ve made you feel that way. Because there are people who continue to follow us despite that, the four of us are able to be ( Read more... )