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Very fun read/experience! It‘s manga adaptation paired well with a read through of Folk Legends From Tono, which are a collection of folk stories from the mouth of Sasaki Kizen who helped Yanagita Kunio collect the stories for his work that the manga is based off of. Mizuki‘s wit and youthful yet sonorous perspectives (through imagery) played super well together delivering a unique peak into the not so distant ethnography of Japanese folk lore.

I have no recollection on how this book came to be in my possession but I am counting it as a #Supernatural for #Scarathlon #PhotoChallenge. #EstherAssisting #DogsofLitsy #purpleroom #arc #JuvenileFiction

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This was an interesting micro-history? Examination of a cultural phenomenon? Folklore anthology? It walked a line between scholarly and fun. But its frustrating, as someone who can‘t read Japanese, to realize there are cool books in Japan I‘ll never get a chance to read. Side note, realizing kitsune, who I usually picture a la Gaiman, will “most certainly emit a fart in its urgency” to get away from an attacker changes The Dream Hunters a bit.

This book is a very short but sweet tale of a sisters love. Growing up Buddhist in a Christian country, this book was the first book I ever read w/ Buddhist beliefs as part of everyday life. I also ❤️ that the story was set in ancient Japan, filled with monsters like in the stories my Obaasan told me. This is a book for kids, but it reads well, written as a confessional scroll. 4/5 stars also; had to show off my new 🛋 4 my library

Sharing some love for some of my favourite things here. Japan, folktales, mythology and books. Bring them all together in one package and I'm a happy little Otaku. This is the book of Yokai and it's just full of information on my favourite country's ghosts, spirits, demons and monsters, benign and malicious

Ugh, the main character is such a little damn brat. Her changing moment came far too late in the book and for me it really sucked that she cared for the spirits in the spirit world far faster than she seemed to show any of that care and love for any of her family or friends in the real world. I wouldn't recommend this to anyone cause she almost made me want to put the book down multiple times.