Influences
Yoshitoshi ABe has acknowledged that Haruki Murakami's novel Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World was an influence on his stories around the haibane. In essence, the "End of the World" narrative contains many of the same ingredients and settings, such as a city people aren't allowed to leave, a wall, a river, a library and a clock tower.
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