Whistling after Dark

Kuroshi Mayama age 14 lives alone with his mother Namiko Though he was just under the age of one when he came to this town with his mom he re everything from that day Gettings on the bus in his moms arms an old woman who spoke some words to him and the encounter with a poet One night with Kuroshis birthday approaching Father shows up unexpectedly He insists that he and Kuroshis mother had made an arrangement that Kuroshi was to live with his mother until his 15th birthday and then live with his father As Kuroshis world gets turned upside down his family the people around him and even himself start to change