“Hariyama-san, Center of the World is a series of connected short stories by Narita Ryohgo, the author of Durarara!! and Baccano! They’re basically strange or supernatural events that are seely unrelated, except that every one of them involves the title character, shi nkichi Hariyama, as a minor character in some capacity The last story in each voluether It doesn’t take place in the Naritaverse (consisting of Durarara!!, Baccano!, Vae) […]” ()