『推し、燃ゆ』宇佐見りん Idol, Burned, by Rin Usami Rin Usami won the Akutagawa Prize for 『推し、燃ゆ』 (“Idol, Burned”) at the age of 21, as a second-year university student. In 2019, she won the Mishima Yukio Priz…
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Idol, Burned
『推し、燃ゆ』宇佐見りん Idol, Burned, by Rin Usami Rin Usami won the Akutagawa Prize for 『推し、燃ゆ』 (“Idol, Burned”) at the age of 21, as a second-year university student. In 2019,…
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