Baku Otouto Link

One sleepless night, Akira heard a rustle beneath his futon.

Not the gentle flame of a candle, but the roaring, sentient blaze of the Great Kanto Earthquake, of firebombs from a war long past, of a mouth that opened in the earth and swallowed cities whole. He would wake screaming, his pillow soaked with sweat, and Akira would sit beside him, small and useless. baku otouto

Akira saw it: a ribbon of black smoke, writhing with images of collapsed buildings and a sky the color of blood. The baku swallowed it whole. For a moment, the creature swelled like a balloon. Then it turned to Akira. One sleepless night, Akira heard a rustle beneath his futon