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　　外星人侵占了地球，人们被迫逃到地底下的巨型地堡避难。S.U.M.1是一个忠诚的战士，他被送到地面上来拯救幸存者并每天汇报情况。他的任务就是守卫人类的自我防御区不让外星人靠近，然而这每天的例行任务却逐渐成为他的噩梦，令人恐惧的声音在树林里回荡；基地每日都受到频繁的攻击；塔内的电力供应出现故障；修理工却迟迟不出现。他的上司也从未告诉过他有关上一任的事。孤独感与妄想症慢慢侵蚀了他的理智。难道外星人真的埋伏在森林里吗？还是S.U.M.1已经被折磨到精神错乱了？

 在MILLIONSTARS的偶像们于定期公演中闪耀绽放之际，美也收到了一封"希望能一起热闹学园祭"的商谈请求。与朋花、茉莉三人共同遇到的寄信人——高中二年级学生花，是美也的忠实粉丝，她一直憧憬着美也那种能以独特步调克服困难的身姿。得知花正打算放弃组建乐队的梦想后，美也主动提出要和她一起实现梦想。在共同追逐梦想的每一天里，推动两人前进的并非花所憧憬的美也——而是美也发自内心的真实情感。

 一九五四年十月一日，以法属阿尔及利亚首都阿尔及尔的卡斯巴为中心，爆发了阿尔及利亚人反抗运动，这是由于阿拉伯人憎恨法国人长期统治而引起的。人们四处搞破坏，法国政府发觉事态严重，便于一九五七年十月七日，派马丘将军率领四十万大军驻于斯拉姆地区。但是暴乱仍层出不穷，法国人的镇压行动开始升级。

　　The main character is Dr. Max Holst, a successful neurosurgeon. One day an intense little man named Steinmetz shows up, who has the real ability to create objects out of thin air, using only his mind. As no one believes him at first, he is held at a ward for mental patients, but manifests the key to his door and escapes. As he has a special interest in Dr. Holst, Steinmetz subsequently invites Holst to his large mansion, which is full of expensive paintings and sculptures, and proves to him that he can in fact materialise objects. Steinmetz’s abilities are evolving by leaps and bounds, and is progressing from being able to create objects only to being able to create living things. His ultimate ambition is to be able to create a human being. He tells Dr. Holst that if he will only perform a certain brain operation on him, Steinmetz will become able to attain his goal. He’s got all the necessary equipment set up in his basement. Dr. Holst, however, is too spooked by the whole thing to agree to this mad scheme, and refuses. Steinmetz then sets about manipulating Holst’s life, to pressure him into performing the operation. By then Steinmetz has become able to create a temporary human being, and in the hope that he can perhaps make his own creation perform the operation, he manifests a doppelganger of Dr. Holst. This double proceeds to take over Dr. Holst’s life, creating chaos for him professionally and personally. And then Dr. Holst starts fighting back. The ending has the dual virtue of being both unexpected and satisfying.