Feng You Sanlang -- The Fairy Tale Collection of Miyazawa Kenji 1

Author: Kenji Miyazawa
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Publish Date: 2003-05-01
Features: Legend has it that around the 210th day after the spring equinox, or around September 1st each year, a wind spirit named Kazuo Kazemaru descends to the human world. On September 1st, a transfer student named Kazemaru really came to the school. This boy with eerie red hair would stir up a gale just by smiling, making the children suspect he was Kazuo Kazemaru. Later one day, they actually saw him wearing a glass cloak and glass shoes, leaping into the sky. Kazuo Kazemaru, like the wind, slipped into the children's hearts, awakening friendship and also making them early realize a sense of terror toward the unknown nature and the future. So, we can say, this is a work that depicts the awakening of a young soul, who begins to understand the inexplicable mysteries of heaven, earth, and humanity, and senses life at an early age.