Rambling Rose, Rambling Rose

A collection of stories: 1. **Ichou no Mi** (いちょうの実); Comic Tom 1986-03 Adaption of a story by Kenji Miyazawa 2. **Digitalis** (ジギタリス) 3. **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. 4. **Long Long Cake** (ロングロングケーキ); Asuka 1987-06 A university student meets a shape-shifting alien. 5. **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. 6. **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. 7. **Yagi no Hitsuji no Rakuda no** (山羊の羊の駱駝の)

Little episodes of everyday life, told with the usual intimate style of Ooshima, evocated with minimal graphics. 1. **Tsurubara Tsurubara** (つるばらつるばら, Vine Rose Vine Rose) 2. **Natsu no yo no Baku** (夏の夜の獏) 3. **Diet** (ダイエット) 4. **Mainichi ga Natsuyasumi** (毎日が夏休み) 5. **Koi wa Newton no Ringo** (恋はニュートンのリンゴ)