Mori Hiroshi: 22 books

"She disappeared before I knew it, but appeared near me at the next moment. Like a witch." (from "Which Is the Witch?") This is the first English collection of Dr. MORI, Hiroshi's seven short stories. It includes two works from 'S&M (Saikawa & Moe) Series', which has been...

Dr. MORI, Hiroshi, the greatest treasure of the Japanese publishing industry, admits “The Sky Crawlers” series is his masterpiece. “None But Air” is the second novel of the series and takes place in the earliest chronological phase of the entire storyline. This much-anticipated complete edition...

Dr. MORI, Hiroshi, one of the most popular novelists in Japan, recognizes "The Sky Crawlers" as his masterpiece. This complete edition comes with Prologue, Episodes 1-5, and Epilogue. The animation movie version of the same title, directed by the masterful Mamoru Oshii, has attracted the...

“The Sky Crawlers” series, the masterpiece from Dr. MORI, Hiroshi, has been recognized worldwide, thanks to the animation movie and video game versions. This is the complete edition of “Down to Heaven”, the third novel of the series, coming with Prologue, Episode 1-4, and Epilogue. I am ending...

It started with a red gyro monorail exhibited by Mr. Akio Inoue at the JAM Convention (International Railway Model Convention) in the summer of 2007. Dr. MORI, Hiroshi, a popular novelist, who once taught dynamics in a university, was consulted about the theories by Mr. Inoue, his mentor in the field...

Dr. MORI, Hiroshi is a popular novelist and also known as a modeler. After studying theories and repeating the experiments, he got a sense of achievement from his gyro monorail (Prototype No. 9). Then, he has decided to rebuild Prototype No. 7, as a smaller model than No. 9. He used no special parts,...

“Are you getting angry, because I just said ‘Like a child.’ ...?” “I’m a child.” I utter, and then smile. That is the way it is, because I am a professional pilot. It is a profession that adults cannot take. The war, which is theatrically staged, goes on in the world. “Kildren” (children...

As the duel with a senior pilot code-named the Teacher, whom I admire and respect, draws near, I am about to lose myself. My body is tense. When I breathe, my muscles tremble. Is it a tremor of excitement? I feel the temperature of the blood running through my body is slowly rising. What is this spiritual...

Everyone called him only by the codename. He was just that special. I had been admiring a genius pilot, known and feared as the Teacher, who had shot down numerous enemies already. As I had requested by submitting the application, I was assigned to the elite military flight team stationed in this...

As the ace pilot, I have shot down many enemies. But, during a dogfight, I got careless, was injured, and ended up being hospitalized. Although I want to get back to the sky as soon as possible, I am starting the painful days of being entangled with the muddy gravity. What I recall is my childhood...

“Every pilot admires you. Everyone wants to be a pilot like you ...” The Teacher is the aim for me, obviously. Because I want to be a pilot like him, I came to this airbase. As a pilot, I am approaching the one I admire, little by little. But, when the distance between us becomes zero, he suddenly...

I am still a child. At times, my right hand kills humans. Instead of that. I would probably let someone’s right hand kill me. "Kildren" (children who are capable of living eternally in adolescence) aviate their fighter aircrafts and shoot enemies down every day. In order to continue to...

Do we care or not about coming back to the same place again when taking off from the runway? I do not care about such a miracle. When flying above the clouds and viewing the stars in the heavens, I can forget about the things that lie in the future. I can exchange my whole life with leaving the ground,...

As I have become the ace pilot, I now carry the expectations from the top brass and gather the attention from the news media. Press conferences, photo sessions, lecturing in training sessions ... These are not what I want. I seem to desire to die in the sky. I have just realized that. All I have to...