To Otomori Dakara: Shinseki No Ko

And the shrine stood one more year.

Tanaka saw his dead daughter, whom he had failed to visit in the hospital because of “one more meeting.” shinseki no ko to otomori dakara

He was shinseki no ko : a child of the sacred edge. And the shrine stood one more year

For the first time in a century, the god of the mossy spring laughed—a sound like pebbles dropping into deep, clear water. shinseki no ko to otomori dakara