James Nicoll Reviews

2010’s Lost Souls Meet Under a Full Moon is the first of Mizuki Tsujimura’s Lost Souls contemporary fantasy novels¹. The 2025 English translation is by Yuki Tejima.

What would you do if you could meet a dead loved one one last time? Ayumi Shibuya can make that happen. Not simply by channelling a ghost. Clients meet their loved ones face to face.

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Mizuki Tsujimura’s Lonely Castle in the Mirror is a stand-alone portal fantasy novel. Originally published in 2017 as Kagami No Koji, Phillip Gabriel’s English translation came out in 2020. 

Kokoro Anzai has been the target of mass bullying at school¹. Rightfully dubious of the school’s ability and willingness to protect her, she has arrived at a simple but effective countermeasure. She refuses to attend school; she won’t even leave her house. Aware that their daughter is skipping school but not understanding why, her parents find her a new school. Kokoro confounds their efforts. Anything outside her house has become too frightening. 

Respite comes from her mirror. 

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