Jun Maeda's Debut Novel is a Queer Romance about Depression
Angel Beats!. More recently, he wrote the The Day I Became a God original anime, which debuted in October. Now he's back yet again, this time with his debut novel published on May 17. It was hard to know what to expect from Neko Gari Zoku no Osa (The Chief of the Cut-Hunting Tribe). Its cover doesn't indicate much; it doesn't even feature any of the wide-eyed girls that Maeda's works are iconic for. In fact, there are no illustrations at all throughout the book. This initially made me think that it might be a lot more subdued than Maeda's other works, which are infamous for their tonal whip...