In all of their current realities the young teenagers must deal with studying for cram school, and being pushed to succeed by the absent-minded adults in their lives. Last but not least, Worm, who escapes his reality of living with the “total idiot”, by killing her thus setting the wheels in motion for the intense, adventurous story. While Terauchi hides from her reality by dumbing herself down and acting ignorant to her surroundings.

For Yuzan and Kirarin this involves them having a different friend groups that they are able to show a side they do no feel comfortable showing in their core friend group. This identity is the one she uses in order to separate herself from reality, which all the other adolescent characters express in different forms. This book starts an interesting conversation on the human nature, and what the adolescent mind thinks, but never truthfully says out loud.Īs we begin reading the novel we are initially given Toshi, who refers to herself as Ninna Hori, a double identity she has given herself like the three girls in her friend group. As we continue on it is like reading a secretive diary, from each of the girls and Worm’s chapters we are given a deeper look into their personal lives, thoughts, and feelings. As most noir fiction novels, our protagonist Toshi the kind one, Yuzan the tough one, Kirarin the pretty one, and Terauchi the intellectual all possess self-destructive flaws leading to an eventual lose-lose situation for all. Real World by Natsuo Kirino gives the story of four teenage best friends, Toshi, Yuzan, Kirarin, and Terauchi, who are roped into a thrilling adventure, when Toshi’s next door neighbor, Worm, kills his mother.

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