Calling You (short story collection)

"Nobody Can Hear Me But You") is a Japanese fictional short story collection written by Otsuichi and published on May 31, 2001, by Kadokawa Shoten.

[1] The first story from Calling You has been adapted into a drama CD that was released by Kadokawa Shoten on June 28, 2003.

Ryo is shocked and after they disconnect, she tries calling people and connects with a college student named Yumi, who instructs her in the ways of imaginary phones.

Though Shinya lives an hour in the past from Ryo, they talk regularly through their imaginary phones, staying constantly connected.

An unnamed Boy is put in the special class at school after he attacks a classmate who teased him about the burn mark on his back.

The Boy's father regularly abused him, including leaving the burn on his back by throwing an iron at him.

After Asato removes a scrape from a little boy's knee, the child's mother treats them to ice cream.

At the parlor, they meet Shiho, a young woman with a burned face who hides her scars behind a mask.

The Boy decides Asato should move all of his wounds to his father, who is lying unconscious and dying in the hospital.

Outside, he takes on the fatal wounds of an accident victim, but the Boy convinces him to give him half, just like the day they became friends, so that they could share the pain equally.

Written by Otsu-ichi, Calling You is a Japanese light novel consisting of a collection of three supernatural short stories.

The CD soundtrack, containing twenty tracks including the theme song, was released on June 13, 2007, by Nayutawave Records.