Dude this just reminded me of a building I use to work in... It was poorly designed all glass with semi-reflecting properties, every so often from the 3rd floor up near the windows you would hear a thump, and it was a bird hitting hard against the glass, falling and then dying slowly... it was...
I loved the novel, and the manga, it is one of the best stories I have read from a Japanese author, made me feel warm inside. I have read the novel 2 times already, and I have not gotten tiered of it.
It is funny, but I kind of don't like the idea of playing down on socialism that killed millions of people, even more than the nazis, it is like replacing hitler with a chibi as the leader of the party back in ww2 it does not go down well.....