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It's a collection of 8 short stories mostly centered around (family) relationships. The relationships themselves tend to be less than ideal, usually there is some aspect of abandonment/divorce/death/... either in the present or past. Even though the stories deal with depressing topics I'd say that the overall tone is hopeful. The problem itself is not resolved at the end of the story (which would be quite unrealistic) but it's the first step forward.
My favourite story was イブのクレヨン, probably because it had a positive relationship where people are capable of communicating with each other. I had some problems with 柿の代わり. The entire relationship was unhealthy and there was one small scene that happened and was not really mentioned afterwards which bothered me (partly because it wasn't addressed, so I felt like it wasn't taken as seriously as it should be, which is unfortunately a problem with marital rape. Just because you're married does not mean that the concept of consent stops applying!)
There's very little furigana, mostly just for names and not necessarily for place names, so it helps to know your way around Japan/Tokyo.