Muon Imi Go Wo Tsumugu Machi

[Machine Translation] It had been 14 years since Natsuki had returned to Jukubi Town in Prefecture D. The moment she stepped off the train, a chill ran down her spine. This town was full of taboo words. Tagai-chigai," Akambo," Kuttuku" and Takashima Saki." The name of Natsuki s junior high school classmate, Saki Takashima, was also one of those taboo words. She still couldn t forget the fact that a series of unexplained suicides had begun with Saki s death, nor the strange voice she d heard at the funeral. Eeeek!" That voice, which didn t seem of this world. My biggest concern was that I d taken my new husband s last name, and my daughter s name had become Takashima Saki." Taboo words are just superstition. Even when I try to convince myself of that, I can still hear that voice. Eeeek!" My daughter s strange behavior grew more frequent, and before I knew it, her smile had vanished. My husband s absence, my mother s curses, memories of my ex-husband s emotional abuse, my ever-growing belly This town is driving me to the brink. Eek!" The curse is spiraling out of control .

那月がD県十櫃町に帰ってくるのは、14年ぶりのことだった。電車から降りた瞬間、背がひやりとする。この町には忌み語が多い。たがい違い、アカンボ、くっつく...そしてタカシマサキ。那月が中学時代の同級生の名、鷹島咲も忌み語のひとつだった。彼女の死を皮切りに原因不明の自殺が続いた事実と、その葬儀で聞いたおかしな声を今でも忘れられない。「ひーい」...この世のものとは思えない、その声を。いちばんの気がかりは再婚相手の苗字になり、娘の名前が“タカシマサキ”になったことだ。忌み語なんて迷信。そう思おうとしても、あの声が今でも聞こえてくる。「ひーい」...。娘の異様な言動が増え、いつしか笑顔が消えた。夫の不在、母の呪詛、元夫のモラハラの記憶、どんどん大きくなるお腹...この町はわたしを追い詰める。「ひーい」...。呪いは、暴走する―。