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| Original Title | 藍色の蟇 |
|---|---|
| Author | 大手 拓次 |
| Genre | Children's Literature |
| Author Type | Male Author |
| Summary | A dreamlike tapestry unfolds where surreal visions and melancholic beauty intertwine. An indigo toad exhales golden breath in a shadowed forest, while a ceramic crow with maternal rhythms menaces the air. Fragile souls wander—a boy with grape-like eyes, a servant cloaked in sheepskin, a pilgrim of beauty haunted by unceasing sorrow—each entangled in landscapes both lush and decaying. Seasons shift like whispers: autumn scatters cold mist fire, spring’s hyacinths claw at chests, and a vermilion rocking chair sways beneath veiled light. Creatures—deformed, divine, or demonic—emerge from riverbeds and smoke: a blind frog trailing screams, a golden horse tethered to prayer, a deathly procession gliding on silent souls. Amidst this, voices yearn—for connection, purity, escape—as loneliness scatters like seeds across towns and tides. Here, reality blurs into myth; every shadow holds a poem, every breath a dirge or hymn. A world where anguish and ecstasy dance in twilight, inviting readers to lose themselves in its labyrinthine heart. |
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