He was a boy, she was a girl, could I make it anymore obvious? We actually, no, as both of these main characters have a disease that removes proper nouns and will kill them before their 12th birthday. Also, the titular boy wants to murder the girl, so that he can be the first to die of the disease and then it can be named after him, giving his sad short life some meaning. This week, Matt, Sam, Jae, and Jacob read and discuss Shounen Shoujo written by ISIN NISIO and illustrated by Akira Akatsuki.

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