Han Kakusai

Old man Kyouhei Kawaguchi takes a fortune slip one day, which tells him marriage is on the way! Feeling nothing but good about this fortune, he takes up speed dating, and falls flat on his face. While running from one of the witches he'd met during his speed dating experience, he hides in a pet store, where he finds an ugly dog and a beautiful woman...

Death comes to all of us equally and unexpectedly. Would it be some kind of joke from the Gods...?

A short story of a man living in the mountains, only rarely venturing into town. When visiting the town one day, he notices something he missed before. Debut one-shot of 64-year old author Han Kakusai. Winner of the 5th Young Superior Newcomer Award’s Editor-In-Chief Cash Prize.