A Fairytale Judas

About a robot, Jack, who appears frequently in Shimizu's SF stories. He's a robot with very human-like psyche. He once believed that he was human and he can even consume food, unlike many of the other robots of those times. While performing bounty-hunting duties on a strange planet, he has a flashback to the time he believes he was human... In this flashback, he and his partner are imprisoned and are given scarce food everyday. They share that meager meal, half and half. Yet as the days pass, the delivery of food becomes more scarce. His partner's strength is waining (she's a human being), yet Jack, though he feels the same consuming hunger as his partner, is physically still very apt. They're rescued several months later, but his partner had already died from starvation. Jack, who finds out for the first time that he's not human, still lives. (Source: PRISMS)

A collection of oneshots which have been previously published in other Reiko Shimizu collections. Includes: 1. **100-man Pound no Ai** (100万ポンドの愛); LaLa 1984-05 Daizoukan A 80 year-old lady asks a 20 year-old playboy to marry her as a last wish, in exchange for one million pounds. 2. **Otogibanashi no Judas** (お伽話のユダ); LaLa DX 1985-01 The Nobles can fly, are as white as snow, maybe whiter and even brighter. 3. **Noah no Uchuusen** (ノアの宇宙船); Wendy 1985-01 The eighteen year old Junior is suddenly switched with the fourteen year old Junior. 4. **Metal to Hanayome** (メタルと花嫁); LaLa 1985-01-10 Jack is a talented man, or is he? ...and three others.

A 80 year-old lady asks a 20 year-old playboy to marry her as a last wish, in exchange for one million pounds. *Note: Published in LaLa 1984-05 Daizoukan*