To, Aru Hi no Sugoku Fushigi
And the Strange and Funky Happenings One Day·と、ある日のすごくふしぎ
Single-volume manga collection bringing together thirty-two short stories by the same author, each titled in the To, Aru Hi no... format. The pieces span gentle slice-of-life situations, gentle science fiction and quietly surreal scenarios: a girl with barely-there supernatural abilities living as an ordinary kid, a potter who keeps shattering his own work, a man who wraps protective film over everything yet cannot shield what matters most, a boy who wakes up with a tag reading Pull dangling from his ear, the last two people on Earth weighing whether to meet in person, and planets returning home for a long-postponed stardust reunion, among many others. The tone is eclectic and warm, with the shorts affirming the variety of small moments that compose ordinary lives.
