Banana Yoshimoto's miniature novels made the young writer world famous. Books that have won world literary awards have become the basis of popular films.

Tsugumi is the name of a stunningly beautiful but chronically ill girl who is aware of her physical weakness and at the same time her ability to manipulate people. She has a strange charm that both irritates and attracts others. Tsugumi seems to be free from any norms of behavior. She comes up with cruel pranks, saving her most intricate prank for the finale...