2026/079: A Magical Girl Retires — Park Seolyeon (translated by Anton Hur)
In an act of balance, the universe conferred power on those who had the least, and that was why magical girls existed.
The nameless protagonist of this short novel is 29 years old, unemployed and burdened with credit-card debt. She's also still mourning her dead grandfather, a watchmaker, whose trade she once dreamt of following. One night she decides to kill herself by jumping from a bridge. But she's interrupted by a stranger( Read more... )
