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The Nihongo Papers

Chapter 12

  • By Naomi Hirahara
  • 8 Aug 2008

>> Chapter 11Carlos Yamashita’s favorite Japanese superhero was Kikaider. Half blue and half red, Kikaider was a humanoid robot created to save the world from ...

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Chapter 11

  • By Naomi Hirahara
  • 11 Jul 2008

>> Chapter 10Saburo Shishido looked up at the house. Although vacant, it was still standing. A Victorian, the house was designed by one of the preeminent ...

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Chapter 10

  • By Naomi Hirahara
  • 13 Jun 2008

>> Chapter 9Jorge Yamashita was in a state of shock. His sweaty hands almost slipped from the steering wheel. Beside him in the passenger seat was ...

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Chapter 7

  • By Naomi Hirahara
  • 14 Mar 2008

>> Chapter 6 The door opened, allowing a sliver of sunrise to temporarily blind the boy holding a gun in the corner of the Oxnard hotel ...

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Chapter 6

  • By Naomi Hirahara
  • 9 Feb 2008

>> Chapter 5 For weeks after Haru’s baby brother Kei was born, the Shishido household was both loud and quiet at the same time. Loud ...

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Chapter 5

  • By Naomi Hirahara
  • 11 Jan 2008

>> Chapter 4 Carlos Yamashita knew that the old man was practically blind to begin with, but since the three of them had arrived in California ...

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Chapter 4

  • By Naomi Hirahara
  • 14 Dec 2007

>> Chapter 3 Phyllis Hamakawa felt the scent of the incense wash over her as the Buddhist priests chanted, groaning almost like summer cicada. The whole ...

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Chapter 3

  • By Naomi Hirahara
  • 9 Nov 2007

>> Chapter 2 Haru Shishido reached out for the dashboard as their Model T truck hit some potholes in the dirt road. Papa was going much ...

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Chapter 2

  • By Naomi Hirahara
  • 12 Oct 2007

>> Chapter 1 Solicitor Phyllis Hamakawa looked out her Toronto city council office and felt her stomach churn. She could have blamed the dim sum she ...

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The Nihongo Papers

Chapter 1

  • By Naomi Hirahara
  • 14 Sep 2007

“There’s another one,” said Bob Shishido, almost in whisper. “No.” Greg went to the desk on the other side of the bungalow and looked ...
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