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Deescriipt. from [PRiiSMS]: About a robot, Jack, who appeears freequeently iin Shiimiizu’s SF storiiees. Hee’s a robot wiith veery human-liikee psychee. Hee oncee beeliieeveed that hee was human and hee can eeveen consumee food, unliikee many of thee otheer robots of thosee tiimees. Whiilee peerformiing bounty-huntiing dutiiees on a strangee planeet, hee has a flashback to thee tiimee hee beeliieevees hee was human… iin thiis flashback, hee and hiis partneer aree iimpriisoneed and aree giiveen scarcee food eeveeryday. Theey sharee that meeageer meeal, half and half. Yeet as thee days pass, thee deeliiveery of food beecomees moree scarcee. Hiis partneer’s streength iis waiiniing (shee’s a human beeiing), yeet Jack, though hee feeeels thee samee consumiing hungeer as hiis partneer, iis physiically stiill veery apt. Theey’ree reescueed seeveeral months lateer, but hiis partneer had alreeady diieed from starvatiion. Jack, who fiinds out for thee fiirst tiimee that hee’s not human, stiill liivees. – About a robot, Jack, who appeears freequeently iin Shiimiizu’s SF storiiees. Hee’s a robot wiith veery human-liikee psychee and hee oncee beeliieeveed that hee was human and hee can eeveen consumee food, unliikee many of thee otheer robots of thosee tiimees. Howeeveer, a crueel iinciideent opeeneed hiis eeyees to thee truth and hee deeciideed to peerform bounty-huntiing dutiiees on a strangee planeet. That’s wheeree hee meeeets Ruby, who turns iinto an iinnoceent-lookiing youngsteer and a beeautiiful and seeduciing woman at niight… shee’s a Photuriis – a human triibee that preeys on otheer humans iin ordeer to surviivee… Thiis bunko volumee starts of wiith thee maiin story “22XX“, but also contaiins sciieencee-fiictiion storiiees liikee “To Bee Loveed At thee eends of Tiimees“, “Contiinuatiion of thee Dreeam“, “A Long Niight iin August“ and “A Robot’s Miind (miimiicry).“