A youth story of encounters and rebirth, woven by words.

“God of Novels: A Story of Reading You (Part 1)”
The loneliness of writing and the joy of being read.
Ichiya, plagued by an inferiority complex, and Shinagi, bound by her talent.
A story where two opposites touch each other's pain through a “collaboration” and begin to believe in the power of words.

God of Novels
A Story of Reading You (Part 1)
By Sako Aizawa

• Author: Sako Aizawa

• Publisher: Kodansha Bunko

• Publication Date: 2018/8/22

• Genre: Youth Novel / Literary Fiction

📖 Overview

Ichiya Chitani, an aspiring writer who debuted in junior high school but struggles with poor sales.Ichiya Chitani.
Meanwhile, his classmate Shinagi Koyurugi is a writer with genius sensibility who gathers popularity.Shinagi Koyurugi.

The two opposites begin a “collaboration” at the suggestion of an editor.
While clashing due to their different values, they learn about each other's loneliness and pain through writing novels, and gradually open their hearts to one another.
This is the first volume of a story that re-examines the meaning of “being read by someone” and “words reaching others.”

✨ Memorable Quotes

I strongly resonated with these words.
Anyone who has ever been saved by a book or a story will surely nod deeply.

💭 Impressions

While reading, I superimposed my own struggles from my student days onto Ichiya's “figure of continuing to write while being tormented by an inferiority complex.”
It felt as if Ichiya was speaking for the pain I felt back when I thought, “Compared to talented people, I have nothing.”

At the same time, Shinagi's “suffering of being bound by her talent” also struck a chord. I realized that people aren't “at ease because they have it,” but rather “suffer precisely because they have it.”

The existence of the “God of Novels” didn't feel like a mere symbol, but rather like an “invisible running partner” who gently pushes the backs of those facing their words.

✅ Summary & Recommendations

• Recommended for

  • People who love books and novels

  • People who feel hesitation or anxiety about expressing themselves

  • People who have been saved by someone's words

• In a nutshell
  “While a novel is a product of solitude, it is also a beacon that connects people.”

• 📚What to read next
  Volume 2 'God of Novels: The Story of Reading You (Part 2)' (A must-read for those who want to see the end of the story). Alternatively, Ryo Asai's '
  Kirishima, Bukatsu Yamerutteyo', which also depicts the conflict between youth and expression, is recommended.

• Next book to review
  Sako Aizawa's 'God of Novels: The Story of Reading You (Part 2)'

📌 In summary, the first volume carefully depicts the process of two people who are at odds getting to know each other through novels, and it is a book that allows the reader to face their own 'memories of being saved by words'.

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