Juusanyasou Kidan

Also known as: 十三夜荘奇談, Thirteenth Night Romance, ジユウサンヤソウキダン, Juusan Yasou Kidan

by Akimi Yoshida

In "夏の終わりに/At Summer's End", a chance reunion with a childhood friend leads to love, but is it requited…? "風の歌うたい/Wind Singer" is the bittersweet tale of friendship between a spider and a moth larva. In "十三夜荘奇談/The Curious Tale of 13 Moons Villa", art student Tatsuro opens his closet one day to find a strange young man who claims to remember nothing except the fact that he lives in Tatsuro's apartment. "金の糸　銀の風/Gold Thread, Silver Wind" is a short illustrated story about a boy who can hear the wind. In "きつねのよめいり/The Fox's Bride", Ojiro wonders why he's different from other foxes and goes on a quest to find his heritage. "ざしきわらし/Zashiki Warashi" tells the tale of a type of friendly ghost. "アカプルコ・ゴールド/Acapulco Gold" imagines a future where marijuana is legal and common, and tobacco has become a rare illegal drug.