A mermaid-like creature breaks the ocean’s surface for the very first time and becomes transfixed by the sight of the distant stars in the sky. Though her obsession with their magnificence eventually leads to her demise, she dies happily as she stares up at them, transfixed. (Source: Solrad)

A man with a deep passion for flying planes is killed while navigating his aircraft through a terrible storm. A few years later, his paramour, a young woman who has struggled to accept his death, discovers something unusual about him while on a trip to Egypt. (Source: Solrad)

Set in a bleak medical facility, the protagonist is overwhelmed by the illness and death all around her, while overhearing her doctors discuss “Lupus Erythematosus… gamma globulin …white blood cells.”

Max, a long-haired, black-clad woman, shares memories and contemplations in a desultory manner. She recalls witnessing a trio of ghoulish figures gleefully pouncing on a young man one night and throwing him into the river (“like garbage”), and converses with another woman, her lover, who seems to both encourage and antagonize her. (Source: Solrad)

Empty streets and lovely weather, a man goes on a walk under blue skies and a single cloud.

A fatal accident morphs into a riveting film.

A woman with a cold expression goes about her day, ignoring the catcalls of aroused men and the whispers of gossipy women intrigued by her mysterious visage. (Source: The Comics Journal)

A man faces the death penalty despite being falsely accused.

A topsy-turvy exploration of a man’s inner thoughts of vigilantism that slowly drive him mad. (Source: Cool Yeah Alright)

A dubious fortuneteller and the uncertanties of life.

A man peering voyeuristically at a nude woman bending and stretching alluringly for him. According to Holmberg, the English translator, this one-shot was drawn shortly after Tsurita received her diagnosis of Lupus. This short story can therefore be seen as an allegory for the inevitability of death and equally for the author's deteriorating state.