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The Only Child by Mi-Ae Seo
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Reading Progress

June 25, 2021 – Started Reading
June 25, 2021 – Shelved
June 27, 2021 –
4.0%
July 9, 2021 – Shelved as: 2021-books
July 9, 2021 – Shelved as: asian-literature
July 9, 2021 – Shelved as: korean-literature
July 9, 2021 – Shelved as: women-2021
July 9, 2021 – Shelved as: women-2021-all
July 9, 2021 – Shelved as: women-authors
July 10, 2021 – Finished Reading
March 19, 2023 – Shelved as: korean-literature-women
August 12, 2023 – Shelved as: asian-literature-women

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Nocturnalux "You didn't even have to look that far- in Japan, there was an elementary school child who killed a classmate, sending shock waves around the world."

Nevada-tan, you sure are famous...!

Slit her classmate's throat with a pair of scissors, 6th grade- which would be elementary school in Korea and Japan. Known as "Nevada" because of the one photograph that surfaced of her- illegally, too, as in Japan you are not supposed to divulge images of underage criminals- she got the affectionate honorific on...2chan? I forget, precisely.
The reason soon surfaced: her classmate had spread nasty rumors about Nevada-tan online, there was a confrontation, then in a fit of rage, Nevada-tan picked up the scissors.

Since then, there's been at least a song written about her- R-Shitei's "Nevada" that has nothing to do with the state.

And then, a couple of years later, another underage- although older girl- from the same school, killed another classmate and a woman. Sasebo became famous for a spell.


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