A philosophical work depicting the turbulent daily life of a downtrodden, penniless young man living in an apartment building plagued by frequent hangings. Having come to a sheer cliff to end his life, Hajime Demodori is persuaded not to die by a beautiful woman he meets while eating his last supper, and they become a couple. The next day, when Hajime wakes up, he searches for the vanished women only to find three suicide notes left behind...!?

1. **Hotaru no Naku Shima** (螢の泣く島) 2. **Seijo ni Shiroi Chi** (聖女に白い血) 3. **Kawa no Kage 159** (皮の影159) 4. **Saraba Roman no Toki yo** (さらばロマンの時よ) 5. **Geshuku-sou Ijin-den** (下宿荘偉人伝) 6-7. **Sei Sarumata-den** (聖サルマタ伝) 8. **Ugetsu Monogatari** (雨月物語) 9. **Hihoneshi Mugei** (秘本絵師 無芸) 10-11. **Sakezan** (サケザン)

Collection of previously unrecorded oneshots, writings and short serials by Leiji Matsumoto, published under the Champion Red Comics label

This volume also contains the short works "Kaseki no Mori no Tenshi" ("The Angel of the Petrified Forest" ) and "Tsuki no Hikari ga Yureru Toki" ("When the Moonlight Shimmers" ).