Day after day, the papers are alive with accounts of an apparition at Ryouunkaku. Rokurou, a man who sees to the running of Asakusa, commissions Takuboku to find the truth of the matter. On his way to the scene, Takuboku reunites with an old friend, former newspaper reporter Yamaoka. Takuboku soon sees that Yamaoka is somehow connected to the ghost, but Yamaoka walks away, leaving behind only the words "throat moon." Then, magic lantern projectionist Matsukichi is killed. Two months earlier, Matsukichi had come across a woman who had been sexually assaulted. Takuboku starts looking to see if the two cases might be related.
But, there wasn't really a need 
to try it yourself, was there?
لكن لم يكن هناك أي حاجة لتجربته
بنفسك، أليس كذلك؟
Aber du musst es doch
nicht extra selbst machen …
Aun así, no veo
la necesidad de probarla.
Aun así, no veo
la necesidad de probarla.
Était-ce nécessaire
de le démontrer par la pratique ?
Ma non c'era bisogno di usarlo davvero...
Mas não precisava provar por
conta própria, precisava?
Но необязательно же было 
делать это самому.