Replaceable Summer / 夏のレプリカ

In the opening paragraph of my Illusion Acts Like Magic review, I described how Moe met her high school friend Tomoe Minosawa, and then never mentioned Tomoe again, and you might have thought that was kind of weird. First, that’s exactly what Illusion Acts Like Magic does, so Mori was weird first. Second, I was going somewhere with that! (And so was Mori.) While Tomoe is never mentioned again in Illusion Acts Like Magic, her adventure continues in Replaceable Summer, the next book in the S&M series, which takes place concurrently with Illusion Acts Like Magic.

Illusion Acts Like Magic / 幻惑の死と使途

Illusion Acts Like Magic begins with Moe meeting her friend Tomoe Minosawa and going to a magic show. Saikawa was supposed to come as well (a date!) but backs out at the last second because Saikawa. Tomoe is Moe’s best friend from high school. For a long time Tomoe saw Moe as an academic rival, while Moe… had no idea Tomoe existed. But once Tomoe confronted Moe they became fast friends. Anyway, Tomoe doesn’t have anything to do with the rest of the book. At the magic show Moe receives an ad for an upcoming magic show at a local park, and that’s where the plot of the book really begins.