Enjoy the extended ending that didn't make it into the Zine!


The sun had gone down over the Land of the Rising Sun and seven little princes and princesses, who were supposed to be in their own beds, had sneaked into the room of their older sister, barely illuminated by candlelight.

"And what, pray tell, are you seven doing in my room?" she asked the children; the second eldest being half her age.

A toddler, the youngest of the seven, Tsukiro walked up to her and said, "Story time, please?"

The eldest sister smiled wrapped him in her arms, so that he sat on her lap. "What story would you like?" she asked sweetly.

The Emperor and Empress were unable to sleep and walked quietly around their living quarters. They were not surprised to find all eight of their children in one bedroom.

They were far more interested in their eldest's strange retelling of Momotaro and Kaguya.

According to her, the two characters had been lovers, and once Kaguya had been forced to return to the Moon Kingdom, Momotaro vowed to free his love. Something about asking the Gods for help, reuniting to outwit the Moon King together, and finally returning to Earth as husband and wife with their own daughter who had sprung forth from a plum.

It was a rather peculiar tale, but it was distinctly theirs.