Suzume (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9798900899244)

Suzume Iwato has always lived between two worlds-one she can see, and one she can only feel. In her quiet coastal town in Kyushu, she leads an ordinary life with her loving but overprotective aunt. But Suzume carries a secret: dreams that pull her into a mysterious, star-filled meadow and a lingering sense of déjà vu she can't explain.

Everything changes the morning she meets a beautiful young traveler searching for an abandoned ruin. Drawn by instinct, Suzume follows him-only to discover a lone, weathered door standing in the remains of a forgotten hot-spring resort. What she opens isn't just a door, but a threshold into a world where time, memory, and danger intertwine.

When a catastrophic force begins to surge from the doorway, Suzume and the enigmatic stranger, Souta Munakata, are thrust into a race across Japan. Their mission: shut the "Gates" that unleash disasters upon the land. But when Souta is cursed and trapped in the body of her childhood chair by a mischievous, shapeshifting cat, Suzume must confront more than the supernatural-she must confront her own past.

From the warm shores of Kyushu to the glowing streets of Ehime, Kobe, and beyond, Suzume chases the runaway cat, the truth of her dreams, and the fragments of a tragedy she has long buried.