100-nen no Tateito

Despair and determination. Solitude and love. A shocking near-future sci-fi!!

Since his debut, novelist Sugai Yagura has gone unnoticed, and one day, he's abruptly informed that he's terminally ill. Just before he falls into despair and puts down his pen, a woman who loves Sugai's work appears before him.

“I'll write a novel for her.”

Sugai decides to pick up his pen again, but his condition worsens. Just as he's running out of money to pay his medical expenses, he's approached about being a cold sleep test subject. As a test subject, his medical expenses would be covered. In order to dedicate a novel to her “now”, Sugai decides to become a test subject, and after writing several novels, he goes into hibernation for 100 years. Without telling her…

And then, 2120.
In an era when AI writes complete novels, a nameless novelist wakes up from a 100-year cold sleep and picks up his pen again for a “special someone”.