White River

White River is the third novel in the Eien no Monogatari series. Published from May 14th, 2021, the book lasted 21 chapters, and is about 100000 words long. Its genre is science-fiction.

Schedule
The book's chapters were released on Fridays, except for the last chapter, released the day after.

The writing days were, as usual, tuesdays, wednesdays and thursdays, however a lot of the chapters were written on irregular days such as fridays, sundays, saturdays or mondays. Some chapters were finished on wednesdays instead of thursdays.

Synopsis
What if the world's entire fate was in the hand of one man?

''Shigeto Moriyasu is a 24-year-old man living an unhappy life in Shinjuku, Tokyo. As his mental state gets worse, Moriyasu takes longer breaks from work, which only result in him overthinking about every little thing. The next day he meets a strange person, offering him an odd pill. Not acknowledging the consequences of his actions, Shigeto takes the pill from the stranger and swallows it the same day.''

Where will he end up?

Arcs
** HEAVY SPOLIER WARNING**

The Drug Arc (Chapters 1-2)
Moriyasu lives an unhappy life in Shinjuku, after causing an uproar at the parade, leading to the police going after him, he takes a drug from an unknown person, and ends up in Italy, met by Massimo.

Shinjuku District Lives Arc (Chapters 3-6)
Moriyasu meets Kuroda, Michiya, Atsuki and lots of other people connected to the three. In the meantime, he becomes a substitute art teacher in an elementary school. At the end of the arc, Atsuki hosts a party.

Summertime Arc (Chapter 7)
Timeskip to the summer of 2016, within which lots of things happened beforehand and during the said time. Michiya lashes out on Atsuki, Moriyasu talks to Isoroku and Kuroda continues playing BallBall3. Kazuo invites Moriyasu and Kuroda to a summer festival in Kyoto.

The Disappearance Arc (Chapters 7-10)
The arc focuses on the investigation of Atsuki's disappearance, the discovery about Isoroku's true identity, Isoroku's backstory, the character of Zaizen, Noburu's will to save his friend, Michiya uniting with the gym workers and Kuroda singlehandedly defeating three opponents. At the end of the arc, Moriyasu and Isoroku meet once again, in the Aokigahara forest for a brief time, as Isoroku takes his own life in front of his eyes, running away from consequences.

Calm before the Storm (Chapter 11)
Two months later, everyone goes back to doing their job and spending their free time together. Moriyasu catches a fever, and Atsuki takes care of him. The next day, whilst talking to Kuroda on his phone, the entire world changes.

The world we once knew isn't here anymore (Chapters 12-13)
It talks about the struggles of most characters during the rapid change of the world in front of their eyes. It shows their reactions and focuses on Yumi, who wants to use this opportunity to create a better world with Isoroku.

Red Wolf Arc (Chapter 14)
As the Red Wolf arrives, trying to get things together, Moriyasu stands out of the crowd, quickly called out for his actions, as he's initially forced to save the world, with others working in the backstage, allowing him to easily do so. Kuroda motivates him, as he decides that this is what he'll do, and pledges to not shed a tear anymore.

The ones who Shine (Chapters 15-19)
The story splits into two at this point. This one followes the different people, who struggle for their own survival and bringing the world to not end in mere seconds. The Red Wolf focus on fighting the Fatumbra, their own creations, as Massimo, Aristide and Adam Kettei come to their aid. The arc ends in their failure, as Yumi's group managed to cause so much chaos that in just a blink of an eye, everything and everyone started disappearing.

Moriyasu's Struggle through Spirit Dive (Chapters 15-19)
Moriyasu goes through different memories in Spirit Dive, destroying them or seeing parts of Isoroku's past. At the last step on his journey, he has to erase his very own existence, which causes him to break his pledge, dropping on the floor with tears. After accepting his true destiny, he finds himself in a familiar place, somewhere in Tokyo, still in Spirit Dive. At that moment, he hears Shimoya's voice, motivating him to go on, as all of his memories, the one he made will still be with him.

The Talk (Chapter 20)
Moriyasu and Isoroku finally meet again, as the fight for the world's true destiny begins. Motivated by Shimoya, which is revealed to only have been a memory inside all of their heads, Isoroku resets the world to how it was before Moriyasu took the pill, as his existence gets erased, with only Moriyasu remembering him.

Afterwards (Chapter 21)
The final arc shows the life of Moriyasu, after all his memories have disappeared, and his friendships seemingly weren't there. At the end, he reunites with his friends, understanding life's true meaning.

He walks by a bar, as he hears a familiar song. He thinks about how it was Isoroku's favourite, and how different it would've been if they were here together right now.

Main

 * Shigeto Moriyasu
 * Takayo Kuroda
 * Michiya Date
 * Atsuki Jikihara

Supporting

 * Cesarina
 * Massimo Centre
 * Aristide Ressi
 * Haruto Sato
 * Kazuo Chinen
 * Waka Omotehara
 * Fumi Kaneko
 * Miyuu Kaneko
 * Daisuke Suzuki
 * Sasaki Haruo
 * Wada Rika
 * Hideo Sone
 * Isoroku Nikki
 * Noburu Kouda
 * Kichiro Nakano
 * Minoru Sakurai
 * Noriaki Zaizen
 * Yumi Shido
 * Kino Chinen
 * Sora
 * Naozumi
 * Etsuji
 * Kanako
 * Akio
 * Henry
 * Chimon Nakajima
 * Kawano
 * Adam Kettei

Background

 * Mrs Kawano
 * Mr Imai
 * Mr Ogawa
 * Mr Chiba
 * Asami
 * Kichi
 * Botan
 * Daiki
 * Yoshiro