The Girl Who Leapt Through Time [Novel (Yasutaka Tsutsui)]]

The Girl Who Leapt Through Time” is a science fiction novel by Yasutaka Tsutsui. It was serialized (seven times) in Gakushu Kenkyusha's yearbook “Junior High School Course” from the November 1965 issue to the May 1966 issue of “High School Course 1”, and published in March 1967 as the fifth volume of Tsurushobo Seikosha's “Junior SF” series.

A third-year junior high school student who acquires the ability to transcend time by smelling the scent of lavender, and the various thoughts and experiences she accumulates through this ability are portrayed with suspense elements, youth, and romance.

The Girl Who Leapt Through Time [Novel (Yasutaka Tsutsui)] Synopsis

One day, Kazuko Yoshiyama, a third-year junior high school girl, is cleaning the science lab with her classmates Kazuo Fukamachi and Goro Asakura when she smells the scent of lavender in the lab and loses consciousness. Three days later, a number of incidents occur around Kazuko.

An earthquake in the middle of the night causes the house next to Goro's to catch fire. And the next day, when she and Goro are almost involved in a car accident, Kazuko travels back in time to the morning of the previous day.

About the Author Yasutaka Tsutsui

Yasutaka Tsutsui (September 24, 1934 – ) is a Japanese novelist, playwright, and actor. Along with Sakyo Komatsu and Shinichi Hoshi, he is also known as one of the “Three Families of Science Fiction”.

He is known for his parody and slapstick comedy, and published many nonsense literary science fiction works in his early years, but since the 1970s, his avant-garde works using metafictional techniques have increased, and he has published many experimental works that cross the boundary between entertainment and pure literature.