(Tengu are an infamous part of Japanese Shinto mythology - winged yokai with bright red faces and long noses. When she emerges, she finds two small tengu bickering. In it, Tsukiko recalls awakening to the sound of arguing. There’s an otherworldly creep to it and yet it very much feels like a modern fairy tale. The story which Tsukiko decides to recount reads like a Junji Ito short story designed for children. As the story begins, Tsukiko and Sensei are sitting together, all alone in the world, napping in a tatami room, when Sensei takes Tsukiko’s hand and insists that she tell him a story from long ago.Īll she has is a tale from her childhood, which proves to be something far removed from the events, themes, and tone of Strange Weather in Tokyo, which is why Paradecan be enjoyed entirely all on its own. Readers who have not yet enjoyed Strange Weather in Tokyo do not need to Paradeexists as a strange and eerie folk tale that stands so very independently of that original work. Rather than choosing to craft a sequel or a prequel to her most celebrated work, Kawakami has decided, with Parade, to craft something wholly unique.
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