Long Long Cake

A collection of short stories: 1. **Akihiko Kaku Katariki** (秋日子かく語りき); Asuka 1987-01 Middle-aged housewife Tatsuko dies after being hit by a runaway taxi, but before moving on she gets to return to life for one week by borrowing the body of Akihiko, a high school girl who survived the same accident. 2. **Long Long Cake** (ロングロングケーキ); Asuka 1987-06 A university student meets a shape-shifting alien. 3. **Niwa wa Midori-kawa wa Blue** (庭はみどり川はブルー); Bouquet 1987-08 After her death from an illness, a young woman temporarily takes over the body of her own three-year-old daughter. 4. **Mizu no Naka no Tissue Paper** (水の中のティッシュペーパー); Asuka 1987-10 High school girl Kuriko's precognitive dreams cause trouble when she has a dream about her boyfriend falling for someone else.