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Before the coffee gets cold: Tales from the Café

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An edition of コーヒーが冷めないうちに (2015)

Before the coffee gets cold: Tales from the Café

by and

  • 3.7 (67 ratings)
  • 2,075 Want to read
  • 94 Currently reading
  • 110 Have read
  • 1 Stopped reading

とある街の、とある喫茶店の
とある座席には不思議な都市伝説があった
その席に座ると、望んだとおりの時間に戻れるという

ただし、そこにはめんどくさい……
非常にめんどくさいルールがあった

1.過去に戻っても、この喫茶店を訪れた事のない者には会う事はできない
2.過去に戻って、どんな努力をしても、現実は変わらない
3.過去に戻れる席には先客がいる
その席に座れるのは、その先客が席を立った時だけ
4.過去に戻っても、席を立って移動する事はできない
5.過去に戻れるのは、コーヒーをカップに注いでから、
そのコーヒーが冷めてしまうまでの間だけ

めんどくさいルールはこれだけではない
それにもかかわらず、今日も都市伝説の噂を聞いた客がこの喫茶店を訪れる

喫茶店の名は、フニクリフニクラ

あなたなら、これだけのルールを聞かされて
それでも過去に戻りたいと思いますか?

この物語は、そんな不思議な喫茶店で起こった、心温まる四つの奇跡

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Japanese fiction Time travel Fiction Fantasy Magical Realism Contemporary Japanese Literature Science Fiction slice-of-life romance family friendship love loss redemption forgiveness second chances coffee Coffeehouses Interpersonal relations Voyages dans le temps Romans, nouvelles

People

Kazu Tokita Kei Tokita Nagare Tokita

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Tokyo (Japan) Japan

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Before the Coffee Gets Cold
2019-09-19, Picador
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Coffee Ga Samenai Uchi Ni
2015, 悅知文化
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Series
Before the Coffee Gets Cold

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Library of Congress
PL832

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Edition Identifiers

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OL30872434M
ISBN 10
1529050863
ISBN 13
9781529050868

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OL20019347W
LibraryThing
23437121
Wikidata
Q108660905
Internet Speculative Fiction Database
2594237

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