As a seventeen-year-old, I found myself in Arashiyama, Kyoto, at my grandmother's house for a somber funeral. It was on this solemn occasion that a peculiar encounter awaited me. Under the radiant light of the first full moon, I stumbled upon a mysterious sight. There before me was a young girl, gracefully using an umbrella to scoop water from a spring, her actions illuminated by the moon's ethereal glow.
She said, "I'll be here until the Blue Moon ends," and despite our same ages, she had a mysterious aura about her, as if hiding a great secret.
That secret was that “I've been waiting for you in the future."
This is a love story stretching across time and space, depicting two people bound by fate.
Born in January under the sign of Capricorn, currently resides in Shiga Prefecture. Her recent works include It Was Definitely Love and I Realized It Was Love, published by Shueisha’s Pinky Bunko. She enjoys tea and gardening. (September 2016)