[Kuchokera ku Kotonoha]:
Lofalitsidwa ndi Kodansha mu 2002 ndikupatsidwa mphoto yapamwamba ya Tezuka Cultural, Fumiko Takano's The Yellow Book ndi imodzi mwamabuku osowa omwe mumakonda kuwawerenga kuti mumve zachifundo zomwe zimachitika pakati pa omwe akulimbana ndi inuyo. Voliyumu yosonkhanitsidwayi idatchulidwa pambuyo pa nkhani zazitali kwambiri mwa nkhani zinayi zomwe ili nazo: sewero lonena za mtsikana wachichepere yemwe amagwa m'chikondi ndi saga ya Roger Martin du Gard, Les Thibault. Nkhani zotsalazo zimajambula magawo osiyanasiyana a moyo watsiku ndi tsiku mwachikondi ndi nthabwala. Kupyolera mu kawonedwe kake ka akazi, The Yellow Book imakhudza mitima ya owerenga poyang'anira zomwe, mwachidule, zimapanga moyo-zinthu zazing'ono za tsiku ndi tsiku.
