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.
You crush the petals 
and paint your fingernails,
،تسحق البتلات وتطلي أظافر أصابعك
Man zerdrückt ihre Blütenblätter
und lackiert sich damit die Fingernägel.
Se muelen los pétalos
para pintarse las uñas
Se muelen los pétalos
para pintarse las uñas
On écrase ses pétales
pour se teindre les ongles.
Secondo una tradizione,
se due persone si dipingono l'unghia
Se você triturar as pétalas, pintar as unhas
Разотри лепестки 
и покрась этим ногти.