Through the dark—dark forest, through the dark—dark night, a girl named Mimizuku wanders, whose life is even darker than the forest and the night taken together. She goes on, happy, because here—surely—she will meet a monster ready to eat her… Or perhaps not ready. After all, the dreadful and magnificent King of the Night, as he says himself, hates people and absolutely does not want to eat Mimizuku. “He hates people? Then we’ll definitely get along!” the girl decides—full of determination to end up swallowed by at least some kind of monster. And so this sad but kind fairy tale begins. (c)