1. **Nemuri Hime** (眠り姫) \[Mami Takezaki - Original Story: Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm\] 2. **Cinderella** (シンデレラ) \[Chieko Ikesumi - Original Story: Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm\] 3. **Hansel to Gretel** (ヘンゼルとグレーテル) \[Tomo Kazuhashi - Original Story: Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm\] 4. **Tsugumi no Hige no Ousama** (つぐみの髭の王さま) \[Shiho Takase - Original Story: Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm\] 5. **Aoi Tori** (青い鳥) \[Junko Okada - Original Story: Maurice Maeterlinck\] 6. **Oedipus Ou** (オイディプス王) \[Kazuko Teradate - Original Story: Sophocle\]
A collection of short horror stories from the pages of Ciao Magazine.
Hideo Yamada compiles 18 stories about loneliness. Presented through themes of straggling, futility, insanity, seclusion, and an epilogue. **Rakugo** (落伍): 1. **Chikatetsu wo Orite.......**(地下鉄を降りて……) \[Daijiro Morohoshi\] 2. **Ohenro-san** (おへんろさん) \[Takashi Imashiro\] 3. **Oshiroi Komachi** (白粉小町) \[Youko Kondou\] 4. **Kuroi Chou** (黒い蝶) \[Kakusai Han\] **Muyou** (無用): 5. **Kamen** (仮面) \[Shinji Nagashima\] 6. **Ishi wo Kai ni Kita Onna** (石を買いに来た女) \[Motoyuki Oota\] 7. **Otsuuya no Kyaku** (お通夜の客) \[Yuu Takita\] 8. **Kibishii Shiren (from Pattman X)** (きびしい試練「パットマンX」より) \[George Akiyama\] 9. **Nichijou Seikatsu** (日常生活) \[Jun Kagari\] **Fuukyou** (風狂): 10. **Omoide no Occhan** (思い出のおっちゃん) \[Jun Urata\] 11. **Yoru no Semi** (夜の蝉) \[Tadao Tsuge\] 12. **Aburemon** (あぶれもん) \[Kaiji Kawaguchi\] 13. **Hisashiburi** (久しぶり) \[Shinichi Abe\] **Inton** (隠遁): 14. **Shounan (From Musashino)** (沼南「武蔵野」より) \[Junichirou Saitou\] 15. **The Salamander** (山椒魚) \[Yoshiharu Tsuge\] 16. **Shimi** (紙魚) \[Shigeru Mizuki\] **Epilogue** (エピローグ) 17. **Sorekara** (それから) \[Hozumi\] 18. **Hitotsu no Hi** (ひとつの火 カシワイ) \[Kashiwai, original story: Niimi Nankichi\]
A huge mysterious explosion that occurred in the middle of a city. In (燐), who received a curse from his master and started doing acts of kindness in the earthly world. Ryu-Jin (劉進), a swordsman who is out to obtain revenge for his village. And the mysterious herb merchant Ami (俄靡). Their adventure to find out the cause and explanation for the grand explosion.