Continuing our tribute to the late Takumi Ishitobi, we present the second half of this imaginary interview. This part draws from "The Career of a Novelist Who Lived by Talent and Never Made an Effort," edited and quoted with the kind cooperation of his wife, Yumiko.

A comprehensive review of the latest releases from Yoshiki Hiraya: the 7th volume of the "Rental Shop Oyo" series and the 111th and 112th volumes of the monumental "A Note of Hundreds of Nights and Demons" series.

A starship encounters a glowing, box-shaped escape pod. The survivor hidden within carries a secret that might remind some of "Matango" rather than "The Cold Equations."

Written for the "Small Novel Contest 2024" by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of Japan. A man arrives from the future with a plan to interfere with the dawn of Japanese SF. How will the battle between his organization and the SFWJ end?

I have aquaphobia (fear of water), so I fled to the desert. But what was waiting for me there...?

This episode follows two themes: the search for another exploration ship and a mission to counter "human-supremacist" policies in a certain galaxy where the teachings of the Gargantua cult have been distorted.

This is the 15th anime review in which the anime-loving man "Mayoko@Okayama" talks freely about his favorite anime. The anime he has covered this time are as follows:

“Restaurant to Another World”, “The Third: The Girl with the Blue Eye”, “Kuma Kuma Kuma Bear”, “Girls und Panzer”, “Report on the 2025 Japan SF Convention”

The following titles were added this time:

Winter 2026 Anime (approx. 35 titles), “Red Shadow”, “Kamui Gaiden”, “Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny”, “Kalki 2898-AD”