Three stories from Japan about love gone wrong. On the first, the fairest youth in all the land is set to marry the daughter of a rich noble. The problem? His father kind of oversold his looks... On the second, we'll see why moths and other nighttime bugs go toward the light, and on the third, a lovelorn samurai meets a woman from his past he thought was long gone.
The creature just wants you to chill out and stop trying to kill its friends...or else it will make you swell up in horrifying and painful places.
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"Spinning Meter" by Blue Dot Sessions
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"Two Pound" by Blue Dot Sessions
"The Envelope" by Blue Dot Sessions
"Plate Grayscale" by Blue Dot Sessions
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228-Italian Folklore: Full Circle
227-Greek/Roman Mythology: A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Olympus
226-European Folklore: Failing Upward
225-Egyptian Folklore: Kitchen Nightmare
224-African Folklore: It's the Great Pumpkin, Kiali
223B-Samurai Legends: Dinner Party
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221-Chinese/Scottish folklore: The Great Beyond
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219-Italian folklore: Unhand Me
218-Monkey King: Enter Sandman
217-Mabinogion: Bringing Home the Bacon
216-Baba Yaga: Which Witch?
215-Scandinavian Legends: Madness
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