Otogi (kuku Hayate)
the way the story is told and paced is beautiful...and i donotmean the content/plot. i could literally see movement in them. 1. cute and innocent! but sadly a sad ish ending. at least no one is dead. a tengu watches over the mountain. he found out about the potter one day living in the mountain and was impressed by the guy's craftsmanship. they start to hang out. but one day, the human got hit with a rock and lost his arm. tengu gave him his arm instead and disappeared from the guy. 2. fishermen has been going out to the sea and getting fishes. shark god not too happy and would turn over their boats. the village make a person sacrafice to distract the shark while they fish. but the times when they fought each other, they came to enjoy playing together. cute stuff here. 3. omygah, this is like stupidly cuuuuuuute. a tofu seller went home later than usual and encountered a kitsune (fox) selling udon. his dream is to have many human customers to eat his udon. the tofu seller likes his udon and introduced him to other ppl in town. 4. the owner of the sword and spirit of the sword is on the run. other people want the sword because it is a powerful sword. buut the guy promises to never let anyone own him other than himself. they both love each other. a tragedy in which he kills himself with the sword..but both of them went together. 5.lol, also a cute one. a loyal servant of the king traveled all the way to meet the dragon king. it is said that if you drink his blood, you will live forever. to reward the guy for ocming all the way up to his palace, he had sex with te guy..and offer tea with his beard. lol. when servant went back to deliver the blood, the king passed away and the other people tried to kill him. turns out, the beard is actually the thing that makes one immortal and blood is nothing. 5.2.
Udon No Onna