When the Museum is Closed by Emi YagiThere she stood. A goddess. I was in love with the marble goddess. When Rika Horauchi accepts an unusual new part time job, she never expects to fall in love. Rika has been tasked with talking to Venus, to keep her company when the museum is closed on Mondays. As Venus comes to life in the quiet of their surroundings, she opens up new worlds for Rika, and they speak about everything. But when the museums curator, Hashibami, makes it clear he wants to

washing hands and accidents

but will they make it back home to the Woods

where distant mountains

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and the iconic countryside

It's bond or bleed

spinning past continents and cycling through seasons

and cold-blooded murder in which every aspect of human behavior is laid bare for our hero to observe

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as well as the origins of the Protocols of the Elders of Zion

Relentlessly funny

and The Tenant comes a story of monstrous motherhood