Villager of Last Arc
In the year 2961, the time is after humanity and nature has recovered the land. A hunter named Cygnus is called to rise above his duty. He provides for Last Arc, a once nomadic band of survivors in need of food and water that is now growing scarce. The answer must be found before a group of outlandish Heretics descend upon them. Cygnus must voyage across the treacherous landscape to defend his people. Sent by Nova, the matriarch of the band, she acts based on her vision for Cygnus to find a seed of hope. The future of Last Arc is for him to discover, Cygnus ventures into a hostile landscape in search of an answer for his people. On this journey of encountering many traps and dangers, Cygnus discovers what has been hunting him is his identity.
Wife of the Head of the Village
1971年、文革の嵐が吹き荒れる中国。青年マーとルオは医者を親に持つことから、反革命分子の子として再教育のために奥深い山村へ送り込まれた。彼らはそこで過酷な肉体労働を強いられる。ある日2人は、美しい少女、お針子に出会う。ルオはお針子に一目惚れした。彼らは、同じ再教育で来ている若者が禁書である西洋の本を大量に隠し持っていることを知り、それを盗み出す。そして、文盲のお針子に毎夜西洋の文学を読み聞かせてあげるのだった。許されない秘密を共有することで結びつきを強める3人。そして、お針子は西洋文学が語る自由に次第に目覚めていく…。