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A soul enters the afterlife, where it is told that it has no further to go from there. Whoever this soul was, it was responsible for something bad in their previous life and thus won't be reborn. But fortunately, the soul is given a second chance by being sent back to earth once more to continue to live the life of Kobayashi Makoto, who has just died by suicide. While the soul settles into the life Makoto left behind and tries to come to terms with his preoccupied family and being a target of bullying in school, it has the task of reflecting on the sin it comitted.

This young adult book deals with numerous issues relevant to teenagers between middle school and high school: It discusses various family issues, issues related to self-image and self-worth, bullying at school and also deals with the themes of love and sex/arousal. Thus, the novel is written in a way that is appropriately accessible to that age group and the font is printed rather large with an increased use of hiragana spellings. In my opinion, it fits well for early N2.