Morishige Takuma is een literaire schepper wiens werk zich richt op diepe menselijke emoties en de complexiteit van interpersoonlijke relaties. Zijn schrijven wordt gekenmerkt door scherp inzicht in de psychologie van personages en een subtiele maar krachtige taalstijl. Lezers kunnen zijn vermogen waarderen om universele waarheden weer te geven door middel van gedetailleerde en geloofwaardige verhalen. Zijn werk verkent vaak thema's als identiteit, eenzaamheid en de zoektocht naar betekenis in de moderne wereld.
"Seki, Rumi and the rest are on a school trip. But even with so much to see and do, Seki continues to look for ways to goof around. Rumi is not going to miss the opportunity to keep him in check"--Page 4 of cover.
After putting up with so many distractions from her classroom neighbor Seki, Rumi Yokoi quietly begins to assert her will on a number of Seki's games.
Classroom Clowning, Seki creates a new twist on a board game, crafts his own version of a jack-in-the-box, and invents a machine that recycles eraser scraps that ends up being a little too perfectly entertaining. But Yokoi discovers that the most distracting game of all involves toys that are completely invisible!
"Seki's complicated games manage to distract Rumi ... even when he's absent from school. Not only does Seki try to literally rewrite history, he performs surgery (on stuff animals), and brings live creatures to cooking class. Meanwhile, Rumi focuses on saving the earth itself ..."--Page 4 of cover.
Holiday Hijinks Seki Claus doesn’t care if you are naughty or nice, cause he’ll be making a stop in his classroom to quietly make reindeer games. But if Rumi Yokoi gets her holiday wish he might get caught in the process.
The ABC’s of Diversions Seki’s desktop renovation is fit for a TV show. He adds turf just to create crop circles, and lures beetles and cicadas... until a larger predator shows up. Seki’s building a kaiju with a secret inside for the school fair. And can Rumi rescue Jun’s doll from the path of vigilantism...?
Though Rumi's classroom neighbor Seki is a nuisance, his antics bring surprises for her every day, but unbeknownst to them, someone else has noticed Rumi and Seki in the back of the class and is wondering what they're up to.
My Neighbor Seki is a collection of short stories that revolve around two classmates who sit at the back of their high school homeroom. In each chapter Seki devises a new way to kill time in his school desk, to best avoid boredom. And along the way, he ends up distracting the girl who sits next to him, Rumi; whose mind goes wild as Seki pushes the limits of his disobedience!
My Neighbor Seki is a collection of short stories that revolve around two classmates who sit at the back of their high school homeroom. In each chapter Seki devises a new way to kill time in his school desk, to best avoid boredom. And along the way, he ends up distracting the girl who sits next to him Rumi; who's mind goes wild as Seki pushes the limits of his disobediance.
Desktop Distractions Seki transforms himself into an old lady selling cheap candy, an avant garde artist who uses a very unusual medium, and even a marionette who mimics his own antics in miniature. Will Seki’s artistic abilities land him a job as a manga artist?