46 pages • 1 hour read
Michiko Aoyama, Transl. Alison WattsWhat You Are Looking For Is in the Library
Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020A modern alternative to SparkNotes and CliffsNotes, SuperSummary offers high-quality Study Guides with detailed chapter summaries and analysis of major themes, characters, and more.
Chapter 4Chapter Summaries & Analyses
Chapter 4 Summary: “Hiroya, 30, NEET (Not in Employment, Education or Training)”
Thirty-year-old Hiroya Suda lives at home with his mom in Tokyo. He finished design school and doesn’t have a job. He often wonders what happened to him and why he still doesn’t know what to do with his life.
One day, Hiroya’s mom comes home from shopping and asks Hiroya to return to the market for a daikon radish. The market is located at the community center. After getting the daikon, Hiroya notices someone at the center with a Monger mascot from one of his favorite manga series (190). He learns that the librarian Komachi made it. In the library, he talks to Nozomi about manga and she directs him to the reference desk for more recommendations. Komachi is surprised to hear how many old manga series Hiroya is familiar with. Hiroya tells her all about the manga café that his uncle used to own. Growing up, Hiroya spent all his time there. He’d read manga and work on his own drawings. He went to school for illustration, but hasn’t been able to find work in his field. He tells Komachi about his dreams of being a manga artist and she gives him a felted airplane and some 
