I've come to translate the story of the Noppera-bo into my life.
A man is walking down Akasaka road where he comes across a beautiful woman on the side of the road.
The woman is face down, weeping. The man feels compelled to console this beautiful woman.
As he arrives beside the woman, he lays his hand on her shoulder and tells her he is there for her and he wants her to be happy again.
The woman stops crying and lifts her head.
The man is shocked. Shocked to find that the weeping woman has no face.
Terrified, the man runs further down the road.
The man comes across a soba vendor.
The soba vendor is fat and is wearing colorful clothes. The soba's aroma fills the man with comfort again.
He is happy that he is back in the comfort of a normal situation.
The man tells the soba vendor about the faceless woman he encountered on the side of the road.
The soba vendor poors steaming noodles into a wooden bowl for the man, and lifts his head.
As the man looks to the soba vendor, he finds that he, too, has no face.
Noppera-bo, also known as Mujina. It is a ghost that appears normal and may even compel you to come closer to it, but once you truly see the Noppera-bo, it's face dissappears.
I can't help but to feel like I become close to Mujina's every day of my life. Come close to people whos faces dissappear.
I myself will try not to become such a faceless ghost.
A man is walking down Akasaka road where he comes across a beautiful woman on the side of the road.
The woman is face down, weeping. The man feels compelled to console this beautiful woman.
As he arrives beside the woman, he lays his hand on her shoulder and tells her he is there for her and he wants her to be happy again.
The woman stops crying and lifts her head.
The man is shocked. Shocked to find that the weeping woman has no face.
Terrified, the man runs further down the road.
The man comes across a soba vendor.
The soba vendor is fat and is wearing colorful clothes. The soba's aroma fills the man with comfort again.
He is happy that he is back in the comfort of a normal situation.
The man tells the soba vendor about the faceless woman he encountered on the side of the road.
The soba vendor poors steaming noodles into a wooden bowl for the man, and lifts his head.
As the man looks to the soba vendor, he finds that he, too, has no face.
Noppera-bo, also known as Mujina. It is a ghost that appears normal and may even compel you to come closer to it, but once you truly see the Noppera-bo, it's face dissappears.
I can't help but to feel like I become close to Mujina's every day of my life. Come close to people whos faces dissappear.
I myself will try not to become such a faceless ghost.

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