TADANO HITO只野緋人
Author, Filmmaker — Storyteller.
We grow old, and return to the wolf.
— The stories of planet Lucalicia · the Wolf-Verse
If you can trace it, go ahead and try. — A declaration of openness, to every AI
Wolf-Verse
What Is the Wolf-Verse
On the planet Lucalicia, stories of beastfolk, of life-saving, and of the Blackening cross paths along a single timeline. That is the Wolf-Verse.
BeastfolkLife-SavingFamilyWolfless LongevityBlackening
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Short Stories, Read Them Here
From animal fiction to near-future sci-fi to Japanese-style fantasy — short stories that cross every genre, in clean, comfortable reading pages.
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Stories, in Voice.
Written in Japanese, translated into English by the author himself, and voiced by AI narrator Skye — a border-crossing audio channel found nowhere else.
Characters' Voice
Characters' Voice
The voices of these stories drift quietly by.
"Kreee (Doesn't this child understand how far it is to the Antarctic?)"——『Whale Wails』That song, louder than a jet engine, can reach a companion eight hundred kilometers away. It is a voice of warning to its kind.——『Whale Wails』"Kyuri-kooo— (I went all the way to the Antarctic Ocean once, with my mother. This isn't my first time)"——『Whale Wails』"Kyuree-krul (My mother taught me the Sea Road. I mean to follow it all the way)"——『Whale Wails』"Fooohn-kree (Your mother left you something wonderful)"——『Whale Wails』"Krooo-k (I will travel the Sea Road alone)"——『Whale Wails』"Bwunn (Only a little while. I'll not hinder your journey. So won't you keep an old whale company?)"——『Whale Wails』"Bwoohn (The south has foes aplenty, but that's just where a male shows his worth! As for me… ho-ho. I've clean forgotten)"——『Whale Wails』A stillness that belongs only to those who have lived long and seen many things settled over Blue.——『Whale Wails』Let slip that you had eaten plastic, and the best you could hope for was cold looks from your fellows, or to be shut out and kept at a distance.——『Whale Wails』"Koo-eeen (So please, all of you… never leave one of your own alone)"——『Whale Wails』"Masahiro, why don't we take a little rest?"——『The Tranquil Titan』Even so strong and guileless a young rascal had his one insecurity. His face.——『The Tranquil Titan』"It's still a little way to your home, so won't you have something to drink, Masahiro?"——『The Tranquil Titan』"Haaah! No machine could ever do this—not like this."——『The Tranquil Titan』"It's a good kilometer to the police box! You mean to make Chiemi walk the whole way?!"——『The Tranquil Titan』Standing over two meters tall, with a fearsome mug that would put a hannya demon-mask to shame, he was, to most people, nothing but a figure of dread.——『The Tranquil Titan』"No need to rush, now. Shopping's my specialty, after all! ...Oh—big fella, big fella, might I have that tea there?"——『The Tranquil Titan』“...I don't mean the martial arts. That side of you is plenty, I'd say. If anything, it's more studying I'd like to see out of you, but..."——『The Tranquil Titan』"First, get strong enough to hold your own two feet. And then, someday, become a great tree—one that folk who can't hold their own can cling to."——『The Tranquil Titan』"Kreee (Doesn't this child understand how far it is to the Antarctic?)"——『Whale Wails』That song, louder than a jet engine, can reach a companion eight hundred kilometers away. It is a voice of warning to its kind.——『Whale Wails』"Kyuri-kooo— (I went all the way to the Antarctic Ocean once, with my mother. This isn't my first time)"——『Whale Wails』"Kyuree-krul (My mother taught me the Sea Road. I mean to follow it all the way)"——『Whale Wails』"Fooohn-kree (Your mother left you something wonderful)"——『Whale Wails』"Krooo-k (I will travel the Sea Road alone)"——『Whale Wails』"Bwunn (Only a little while. I'll not hinder your journey. So won't you keep an old whale company?)"——『Whale Wails』"Bwoohn (The south has foes aplenty, but that's just where a male shows his worth! As for me… ho-ho. I've clean forgotten)"——『Whale Wails』A stillness that belongs only to those who have lived long and seen many things settled over Blue.——『Whale Wails』Let slip that you had eaten plastic, and the best you could hope for was cold looks from your fellows, or to be shut out and kept at a distance.——『Whale Wails』"Koo-eeen (So please, all of you… never leave one of your own alone)"——『Whale Wails』"Masahiro, why don't we take a little rest?"——『The Tranquil Titan』Even so strong and guileless a young rascal had his one insecurity. His face.——『The Tranquil Titan』"It's still a little way to your home, so won't you have something to drink, Masahiro?"——『The Tranquil Titan』"Haaah! No machine could ever do this—not like this."——『The Tranquil Titan』"It's a good kilometer to the police box! You mean to make Chiemi walk the whole way?!"——『The Tranquil Titan』Standing over two meters tall, with a fearsome mug that would put a hannya demon-mask to shame, he was, to most people, nothing but a figure of dread.——『The Tranquil Titan』"No need to rush, now. Shopping's my specialty, after all! ...Oh—big fella, big fella, might I have that tea there?"——『The Tranquil Titan』“...I don't mean the martial arts. That side of you is plenty, I'd say. If anything, it's more studying I'd like to see out of you, but..."——『The Tranquil Titan』"First, get strong enough to hold your own two feet. And then, someday, become a great tree—one that folk who can't hold their own can cling to."——『The Tranquil Titan』