Boneless Lantern

骨なし灯籠

“A man who wants to die carrying the remains of his dead wife arrives at a town of lanterns. On the festival, he meets a woman looks like his wife.”

A man carrying the remains of his dead wife wanders around, looking for a place to die. He sees a resemblance of his wife, to a woman in a “lantern girl” poster. The man starts working as an apprentice, but the feeling of loss lingers on. On the day of the lantern festival, a woman appears before him, strange phenomena surrounds the man.