This Boy Suffers From Crystallization

📖 SYNOPSIS

"This Boy Suffers From Crystallization" follows Ayumu Banri, a high school student struggling with an illness that causes him to turn to stone when stressed. After repeating a year and feeling like an outsider, Ayumu strives for a "Sparkly youth" by adopting a fashionable appearance and staying current with popular trends. His homeroom teacher, Kouya Onihara, a geology teacher with a passion for stones, finds Ayumu's stone transformation beautiful. Kouya begins offering Ayumu advice, and Ayumu finds himself drawn to his teacher. The story explores themes of self-acceptance, the pressures of fitting in, and the unexpected beauty found in the unusual.