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 can't mean... There's no reason for 
the Maichou Shimbun to print a false story.
معقول؟ لا يوجد سبب يدفع مايتشو شيمبون
لطبع ونشر قصّة مزيّفة
Du willst doch nicht sagen,
dass die Maichō-Zeitung Enten druckt …
Dudo mucho que Maicho
publicaría una historia falsa.
Dudo mucho que Maicho
publicase una historia falsa.
Le Maichô Shinbun ne publierait
quand même pas des mensonges !
Non vorrai dire che il Maichō Shinbun ha pubblicato articoli menzogneri?
Não tem por que o Maichou Shinbun
publicar uma história mentirosa.
Ты же не пытаешься сказать... 
«Майтё Симбун» незачем публиковать фальшивку.