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.
The ghost wouldn't have anything to do 
with those crimson nails of yours, would it?
ليس للشبحِ أي صِلة بأظافرك
القرمزيّة تلك، أليس كذلك؟
aber das Gespenst hat nichts mit
deinem roten Nagel zu tun, oder?
El fantasma tiene relación
con el rojo de tus uñas, ¿no?
El fantasma tiene relación
con el rojo de tus uñas, ¿no?
Le fantôme aurait-il un lien
avec ton ongle teinté en rouge ?
Comunque, il fantasma non ha
una qualche relazione con la balsamina su quel dito?
O fantasma não teria nada a ver com
essa sua unha vermelha, teria?
Призрак как-то связан
с твоим алым ногтем?