Ocean Waves: A Novel

The classic coming-of-age drama that inspired the Studio Ghibli film, about a young man and his wayward first love who unexpectedly reunite, finally available in English.

After leaving his coastal hometown of Kochi for college in Tokyo, Taku Morisaki makes a surprising discovery. Rikako Muto—who had been a transfer student at his senior high school and from whom he had grown distant after a certain incident—has rejected an offer from a local university and flown back to Tokyo. Despite his ef...