“Shounen-ai retelling of Issun-boushi: tiny Heikuroo becomes Kotohira's guardian, growing only under moonlight.”
Needle Sword and Rice Bowl Boat
針のかたなと御器のふね
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Shounen-ai retelling of Issun-boushi: tiny Heikuroo becomes Kotohira's guardian, growing only under moonlight.
A shounen-ai version of the Issun-boushi story. Heikuroo is only as big as a human hand and only in the light of the moon he can gain the normal height. Because people think he is cursed, he leaves his village and goes to the capital, where he becomes a guardian of an aristocrat named Kotohira... (from Wasurenagusa)
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- Format 1 vol ch × vol
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- Ref. BS-M8535 catalog