Among themselves

Author: (Japanese) Takao Adachi, translated by Meng Wenhua
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Publish Date: 2005-05-01
Features: He falls in love at first sight with a woman he truly loves, while at the same time, his wife disappears. Why? Looking back, it was because he said, "I really like the kindergarten teacher." The timid man is gradually pushed onto a path of terror. His old friends, lovers, and wife all turn into strangers overnight, and the door to Takao Adachi's world opens, where ghosts open their mouths at you. The content of Takao Adachi's novels has a mysterious atmosphere. In the world, there is much more we don't know than what we do know. Is death the end of life? Does nature have mysterious powers? Is there telepathy between heaven and earth? This seems to be a question that writers who focus on human portrayals are not supposed to explore. However, some mysterious, strange, and suspenseful short stories often become the for writers to express their understanding and perception of society, life, and life phenomena. I feel that Takao Adachi seems to have been influenced by the supernatural horror novels that flourished in the late 19th and early 20th centuries in the West, dedicating himself to cultivating the "strange" flower in the soil of mysterious, strange, and suspenseful life. Many of his works are filled with a supernatural and irrational force, such as Falling Cherry Blossoms and Snow, The Scent of Death, The Fresh Eyes, The Study of Prophecy, and The Unbelievable Sound. The works tell us that beyond the world of human life, there is something intangible, omnipresent, and all-knowing that controls, influences, and participates in our lives. The more realistic the works are, the more they create a mysterious and oppressive, tense and terrifying atmosphere, making readers shiver with fear and sweat down their spines, feeling breathless. Writing non-natural forces with such charm is the success of Takao Adachi!