Dear Youka,

Happy birthday kiddo! Please take a large drippy marker, scribble with it all over this letter, snip the paper into tiny pieces and throw it in the bin. I don’t want anyone other than people like us to know this is an autobiography. If someone else asks, tell them it’s one-hundred percent fictional.

You might be confused as to what I’m talking about. Well, it’s that book you asked me to write almost a year ago. I hope you like this. It’s your birthday present.

This is the story of the boy who lives in two worlds at the same time.

Enjoy.

Your secret-keeper,

Tahro Akagi.