Rikako is a young woman, who comes into contact with an awful flower, the Odi et Amo, which has a very pungent odor. Soon the flowers begin popping up all over town as if they were following her. Rikako soon learns that she has a stalker that is leaving the plants around for her, and when she asks what the mystery man looks like she hears answers as varied as Kimutaku from SMAP (a Japanese band), to Nicolas Cage and David Beckam. She soon begins to recieve emails from her stinky stalker, and then finally comes face to face with him.
Published In:
Big Comic 2003 Vol. 21
The 40th Anniversary Big Comic Selection Short Story Masterpieces
Came the Mirror
Publication Date: October 25, 2003
Pages: 7 (full color) 24 (black and white)
Anime Adaptation: None
Notes:
The Guiana Highlands are a plateau and low-mountain region of South America located north of the Amazon and south of the Orinoco River. Comprising a heavily forested plateau, they cover the southern half of Venezuela, all of the Guianas except for the low Atlantic coastal plain, the northern part of Brazil, and a portion of southeastern Colombia.
“He was so handsome.” – The women throughout the story all mention the mystery man as being very handsome and compare him to the following celebrities: David Beckham, Kiyoshi Hikawa, Takashi Sorimachi, Kimutaku (Takuya Kimura), Nicholas Cage, Kenji Sakaguchi, and Ryotaro Sugi.
Odi et Amo is a poem by the Roman poet Catullus for his lover Lesbia. It is a declaration of conflicting feelings "I hate and I love" (in Latin, Odi et amo) is renowned for its force and brevity.
