Swallowtail Butterfly: New Classic Library

Author: [Japan] Shunji Iwai
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Publish Date: 2005-06-01
Features: In Round Town, a group of gold prospectors from distant lands, including Gulliver, Fire, Fuji, and Lin, set out with beautiful dreams, eagerly engaging in primitive human occupations such as prostitution, scavenging, and grave-robbing. Gulliver takes in an orphaned girl and names her "Swallowtail." By chance, they strike it rich, opening their own bar "MyWay" and forming their own band "Swallowtail." Gulliver is about to debut as a singing star. However, misfortune soon follows—killers and police close in, and eight magazines seize upon the opportunity. What awaits them is a bloody and brutal fate. In the end, Gulliver, Fire, Fuji, and Lin, along with Swallowtail, return to Round Town with the dreams they have realized or yet to fulfill, reuniting once more. Swallowtail smiles, and the butterfly on her chest seems to flutter away in Round Town. Gulliver, Fire, Fuji, and Lin, a group of gold prospectors from distant lands, set out with beautiful dreams, eagerly engaging in primitive human occupations such as prostitution, scavenging, and grave-robbing. Gulliver takes in an orphaned girl and names her "Swallowtail." By chance, they strike it rich, opening their own bar "MyWay" and forming their own band "Swallowtail." Gulliver is about to debut as a singing star. However, misfortune soon follows—killers and police close in, and eight magazines seize upon the opportunity. What awaits them is a bloody and brutal fate. In the end, Gulliver, Fire, Fuji, and Lin, along with Swallowtail, return to Round Town with the dreams they have realized or yet to fulfill, reuniting once more. Swallowtail smiles, and the butterfly on her chest seems to flutter away.