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  2. Kafka on the Shore - Wikipedia

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    The odd-numbered chapters tell the 15-year-old Kafka's story as he runs away from his father's house to escape an Oedipal curse and to embark upon a quest to find his mother and sister. [3] After a series of adventures, he finds shelter in a quiet, private library in Takamatsu , run by the distant and aloof Miss Saeki and the intelligent and ...

  3. Nanako Mori - Wikipedia

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    Under the stage name Chihaya Saeki, in 2005 she joined the Takarazuka Revue, [1] where she was an otokoyaku in the Snow Troupe. She left the Takarazuka Revue in 2009 and began performing under her real name. She was a finalist in the Miss Universe Japan competition in 2012. [1] She became part of the cast of Kirakira PreCure a la Mode in 2017. [2]

  4. List of The Grudge characters - Wikipedia

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    Toshio Saeki (portrayed by Yuya Ozeki, Ohga Tanaka and Shimba Tsuchiya) was the son of Kayako and Takeo. After he witnessed the death of his mother at the hands of his father, Takeo drowned Toshio in the bathtub, before killing his pet cat. Toshio's cursed spirit was left to inhabit the house, along with the spirits of his parents and cat.

  5. Franz Kafka - Wikipedia

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    Kafka was born near the Old Town Square in Prague, then part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire.His family were German-speaking middle-class Ashkenazi Jews.His father, Hermann Kafka (1854–1931), was the fourth child of Jakob Kafka, [11] [12] a shochet or ritual slaughterer in Osek, a Czech village with a large Jewish population located near Strakonice in southern Bohemia. [13]

  6. List of Higurashi When They Cry characters - Wikipedia

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    She first appears as a kind and sociable mother who later becomes the antagonist of Onisarashi-hen as she begins to act physically and emotionally abusive towards Natsumi when she becomes exasperated by her mother, Aki's abnormal chanting to Oyashiro-sama and also aware that Natsumi was working part-time at Saeki General Hospital without the ...

  7. List of The Flowers of Evil chapters - Wikipedia

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    The chapters of the Japanese manga The Flowers of Evil are written and illustrated by Shūzō Oshimi.The story follows a middle school student named Takao Kasuga who is forced into a "contract" by fellow student Sawa Nakamura, after being caught stealing the gym clothes of his crush Nanako Saeki, and the series of events afterwards that follow these three characters.

  8. Saeki (surname) - Wikipedia

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    Saeki (written: 佐伯, 冴木 or サエキ in katakana) is a Japanese surname. Notable people with the surname include: Notable people with the surname include: Anna Saeki ( 冴木 杏奈 ) , Japanese singer

  9. The Judgment - Wikipedia

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    Franz Kafka wrote "The Judgment" ("Das Urteil") at the age of 29. At this point in his life, Kafka had finished his studies of law at the Karl-Ferdinands-Universität of Prague five years earlier and had worked at various jobs, including working for an insurance company and starting an asbestos factory with his brother-in-law, Karl Hermann.