Set on the Yokosuka Line, this short story portrays moments of passing contact in a space of commuting and travel. The enclosed train carriage reflects urban solitude and chance encounters.

Inside a moving train, urban solitude and memory briefly cross.

A short story whose title combines a folktale-like creature with the word battlefield, creating both humor and unease. It casts human conflict and social distortion in an allegorical light.

Through the shape of humor, the absurdity of conflict comes into view.