Koperu-kun is a junior high school student and experiences many different things in his school. He often is given advice from his uncle about life and how to be a good person. A good portion of the book is written in the form of notebook entries and reads vertically like a novel. Most of the book is in manga form.

While the Second World War rages, the teenage Mahito, haunted by his mother’s tragic death, is relocated from Tokyo to the serene rural home of his new stepmother Natsuko, a woman who bears a striking resemblance to the boy’s mother. As he tries to adjust, this strange new world grows even stranger following the appearance of a persistent gray heron, who perplexes and bedevils Mahito, dubbing him the “long-awaited one.”
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(Source: Letterboxd)

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