Manuscript versions of chapters 10-12 of Spirit of Wonder.

He has little to no reason for staying in his podunk hometown... and then she comes barging in and gives him one. Would that be reason enough?

If a pretty little girl named Ryoko tells you she’s had her eye on you, don’t be flattered. The odds are that you’re a killer and she’s about to show you what you’re doing wrong about it – because she’s better at it than you are!

What is unique about this novel is it deviates from the standard backdrop of an ‘ancient’ world and is set in the contemporary future, the Galactic Era. Advancements in technology on Earth has given rise to methods of cultivation and a super breed of humans with unmatched physical prowess. Man has long discovered ways of space travel and have started to invade other planets in bids for resources. In these conquests they come across many civilizations with cultivation techniques, some which are even more powerful than technology… Back at home on Earth, there is a boy with average innate talent. But one chance meeting transforms his fate, and you and I shall watch him rise to the top to become the Emperor of the Cosmos!

A Mononoke doujinshi. The Medicine Seller (Kusuri-uri) reflects on his first transaformation, the first time he met his other self, during an incense battle.

4-Koma involving cats as historical figures.