Sea of Spiral Trick by Reiji Nagata
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•Special exhibition report。

•Inquiries Into Sci-Fi Fan Clubs.

SFM club / Space Stream, continued.

It's been a while since the last time, but this is the second part of “SFM Club/Space Stream,” a long-established store in Tokyo. Continuing from the first part, we spoke to Yoshitaka Hayashi, who has been a member since the company's founding and is currently editing and publishing “Space Stream.”

•Interview

• Book Reviews

Tsubasa Itoi tells oneself.

Tsubasa Itoi

What kind of people are the writers who post on “Anima Solaris”? This is the fourth part of a new project that answers this question. “If you could tell me about lifespan” is also featured in this issue, but we asked Mr. Itoi about all of this, as he says his real face is a secret (lol).

Sea of Spiral Trick 1

Sea of Spiral Trick 2

Reiji Nagata

The “Spiral Sea” series was published in the youth magazine “Kodansha Afternoon,” and after the publication of volumes 1 and 2, publication ceased and a sequel was awaited. To commemorate the completion of the series in five volumes, we decided to do a book review. It's getting long, so we've divided it into two parts. Also, an author interview with Mr. Nagata is currently underway, so please wait for a while.

•Short Stories

Gods, Please Smile.

Ao Kobayashi

This work was created from the common sentences of the 3rd Japan Science Fiction Writers Club Small Novel Contest .

In ancient Japanese, there is a saying, “Tokami emi tame.” It means, Gods, please smile. People revered huge ships as gods, and there were “kenkanshi” who acted as intermediaries with the gods. This is the story of that messenger.

Tropical Fish

Ao Kobayashi

Today's mission, requested by my mother, is to dispose of the digital tropical fish that I downloaded. Wondering how on earth I could get rid of it, I got on the train and headed out...

Dr.Matsugaya's Recycle

Inabakozo

Dr. Matsugato Saiesu's current experiment involves using a special chemical solution to replace a seriously injured person with limb damage with a clean body part from a corpse.

If you could tell me about lifespan

Tsubasa Itoi

We live in an era where an individual's life expectancy data can be communicated to them through an app. An employee of the Health and Welfare Bureau and the person in charge of the app operating company came to the health food company where the protagonist works. Our company was selected for a demonstration project to extend life expectancy...

•Sereal Stories

A Tentative Love Life.

9.I will respect your wishes the most.

Natsumi Tanaka

Ryu finally sends Kei back. However, her reluctant days with Jay, who arrived in her place, came to an end when Jay was destroyed in an accident...

What does love mean to humans? What is the last remaining element of love that is told through the relationship between humans and androids?

Welcome to the universe! Conquer the universe with a super ancient huge spaceship

Chapter 5. “The Trouble-Buster Beyond the Supercluster ”

Ep.54 “It's Tough Being a Man.”

Inabakozou

Tigel, no other than Futen's Tora-san, returns to his family's confectionery shop after a long wandering journey. This time, it seems that he is returning with a gift from the same person (lol)

From the author below.

As for the long version, as you can tell from the title, this is a space opera version of “Otoko wa Tsurai yo” (lol)

I went a little too far and even depicted the encounter and banquet between Tora-san and Jesus Christ, which is charming (lol).

•Anime Checklist

List of Contents

maigo@okayama

Both young and old love anime. That's why Mr. Maigo@Okayama, also known as the anime-loving uncle, talks about his favorite anime (lol).

This time we covered the following:

“Puella Magi Madoka Magica the Movie: Walpurgis Reincarnation” "Tear Moon Empire Story" "Funeral Freeren"

•The Movie Checklist

Sci-fi movies and other useless checklists

Yoichiro Sasabe

This additional movie

"Gemini Man", "Dual", "MEN: Men with the Same Face", "Passenger", "Voyager", "Judge", "Ginpeicho Cinema Blues", "To All I Loved", "To the Only One Who Loved You" ” “Colorful” “Land of Gold, Land of Water”

•Essay

SF Pencees

Yuh Ohmura