Bhala ngothando unalo Aki shimazaki Ingqwalaselo eyodwa, ukudanyaza kobukho bobukho obususela ekubeni lilize kobuhlungu bentliziyo ukuya kwintlakohlaza engaqondakaliyo yokuthabatheka kwakhona. Amanzi ahamba ngokuhambelanayo kwaye avuse imvakalelo efanayo ukusuka naphi na ngokukhawuleza nje ukuba isiselo sokugqibela sikhutshwe.
Phakathi kweentsilelo, ukungakhathali okanye ukuzala, sifumanisa ukuba, eneneni, uthando kuphela kwenjini ehambisa ihlabathi. Kuba intiyo itshabalalisa kuphela. Kwaye kwanentlungu ekrakra yothando ivusa loo manqaku e-melancholic okwenziwa ngathi awufi kwimfuno yokuncamisa okungapheliyo. Inkumbulo inoxanduva lokuzalisa yonke into kunye kunye nokubeka amagama kwiinkumbulo zothando oludumileyo. Ngaphandle kwenkumbulo, uthando lunokuphela okanye, kutheni kungenjalo, luvuse ubukrelekrele boloyiso olungalindelekanga.
Kwidolophu encinane yaseJapan, isibini esitshatileyo sikaTetsuo noFujiko Niré sihlala ngoxolo kwikhaya elineegadi ezahlukahlukeneyo ezicula iicicadas. Ngoku bangoomakhulu nootatomkhulu, yaye bafudukela apho xa yena, uFujiko, waqalisa ukubonakalisa iimpawu ze-Alzheimer’s. Yaye ngenye intsasa, xa evuka, uFujiko, emangalisiwe, akamazi uTetsuo, umyeni wakhe.
Ngombulelo ngoncedo oluphuculweyo, uFujiko uyazola: umongikazi kwindawo ahlala kuyo umxelela ukuba uTetsuo sisithandwa sakhe, iqabane elithi, ngokwesithethe samandulo saseJapan, wadibana nombulelo kwintlanganiso, hayi. Ukususela ngaloo mzuzu, uTetsuo akayi kujongana neemeko eziya kumphazamisa kuphela, kodwa, ngaphezu kwakho konke, kuya kufuneka athathe isigqibo sokuba ufuna ukuba ngumfana womfazi wakhe amashumi eminyaka. Kuba izinto ezothusayo zisandula ukuqalisa.
Ngoku ungathenga inoveli ethi "Full Moon", ngu-Aki Shimazaki, Apha:
