I would still love to read Kaguyahime by Shimizu. You’re right though, I don’t think there are too many publishers that would be willing to take a chance on any of her other work at this point. I miss CMX horribly already.

The ending was really weird. I like that both were included too. I wanted things to work out somehow, but at the same time I was aware of the reality as we know it, so I was bracing myself for some kind of disaster and then when the outcome was revealed, I was just in shock. I had to pause for a minute and go back a few pages and try reading it again.

As I understood the mermaid life-cycle, Shonach wouldn’t have lived much longer anyway—he was already weakening quite a bit. But that doesn’t make that scene any less sad. I’m not sure I ever quite managed to trust or approve of Art. That may not be fair, since as a human he had a lot of weirdness to deal with and couldn’t be expected to be as reasonable(?) as the mermaids. But…

Anyway, I wish someone would publish more of Shimizu-sensei’s work here, too. I can’t imagine who would, now, but I can still dream.