Japanese Title: 獣の奏者 I 闘蛇編 (Kemono no sōja ichi: Tōda hen) and 獣の奏者 II 王獣編 (Kemono no sōja ni: Ōjū hen)Author: Nahoko Uehashi (上橋 菜穂子)Translator: Cathy HiranoIllustrator: Yuta OnodaPublication Year…
Contemporary Japanese Literature
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