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Core Ethics Vol. Local Illusions and Mass Consumption in Stories for Young Girls in Japan: A Critique by Yoko Enoki in Kage no Okoku TAKAGI Satoshi Abstract: Kage no Okoku (Shadow Kingdom) is a story for girls written by Yoko Enoki. In Japan, since the s, there has been remarkable growth in the market for novels for young adults, especially those of young women. Stories for young girls in Japan adopt the idea of fantasy novels and readers interests and illusions. As they describe young girl readers lives, these stories can be said to be realism. However, stories for young girls were exposed to a crisis in the s. They lost sight of girls realism amidst mass consumption because of the common illusions of readers, which were made by the market s steamrolling of the readers lives. Yoko Enoki criticized the common illusions impressed upon readers by the market in her novel Kage no Okoku. Its narrative and worldview point out the circumstance of girls stories being dominated by common illusions. Thus, she sounds an alarm about girls stories and the realism of young adults. This article sees Kage no Okoku as a criticism of stories for young girls in the s, and it also makes comparisons to some fantasy novels, young adult culture and the amusement culture of the same time. Keywords: stories for girls, mass consumption, common illusion, Yoko Enoki, realism