Fune wo Amu

Mitsuya Majime struggles to speak comfortably with people but possesses an unusually precise feeling for words. When a publishing house's dictionary department needs a new editor, that gift gives him a place on the team compiling The Great Passage.

The work demands years of debate, checking, and searching for definitions that will guide rather than mislead readers. Alongside colleagues very different from himself, Majime discovers that words are more than entries to arrange on a page. They are also his route toward friendship, love, and feelings he has never managed to express.