Idol, BurningWinner of the 2021 Akutagawa Prize The International Bestseller 'My oshi was on fire. Word was he'd punched a fan' High school student Akari has only one passion in her life: her oshi, her idol. His name is Masaki Ueno, best known as one fifth of Japanese boyband Maza Maza. Akari's devotion to her oshi consumes her days completely. She keeps a blog entirely devoted to him, piously chronicling and analysing all his events. He is the spine of her life;