Hinako Watanabe

Hinako comes across the novel “Tamaran Hill” and immediately starts reading it with delight, as “tamaran” (intolerable) happens to be her father’s favorite swear word. She soon imagines herself inside the book’s story, which also deals with someone intrigued with that particular word, and even meets the real-life author Senji Kuroi there.

A girl helps to research a stranded whale.

THIS IS NOT A YOUTH STORY.IT IS A STORY ABOUT YOUTH.