This invasive species causes irreparable damage and destruction through the emission of an airborne pathogen (that brings the people of Japan to the brink of extinction). These repulsive creatures multiply and skitter all over Japan like an invasive cockroach species, causing panic and delivering the death foreshadowed with the arrival of the odor. The figurative and literal demise of the romantic relationship between main characters Tadashi and Kaori begins with the arrival of an odor referred to as the “stench of death” a repugnant smell eclipsed only by the arrival of grotesque, multilegged fish. Add a mysterious, sickening, and inescapable stench to the mix, and a frayed relationship completely unravels. Gr 10 Up-A near-death encounter and temperamental mate are enough to strain even the most solid of couples.
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