Jiro Konami – Searchlight

Somewhere not here. Back then, the edge of the sky seemed beyond my dreams. I wanted to dive to depths I couldn't illuminate. When everything was pitch black in front of me. I felt uneasy, but I wanted to move forward. Rather than stepping back, I decided to go without looking back, if I could illuminate the path ahead even a little brighter. I was 19 years old. Aimless, soaked in the rain, I simply walked, emitting light. That light inspired me, and I quietly pursued something. At that time, as I reached each destination, a view that I knew existed, one that should never have been visible, appeared before my eyes. The last light I saw in my teens.

176 pages, 21 × 28 cm, softcover, SALT AND PEPPER (Tokyo).