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Hisa has always been a tea girl. With her mother, she ran a tea house since she was a little girl. One day, the lord of the village and his man cause a rumble as they rode through the village and broke her only tea kettle. Hope seems all but lost until Hisa comes across a strange dog-shaped tea kettle outside. Will her new friend, the tanuki be able to help her get a new kettle?

Ariko loves to draw cats! She draws them everywhere—at school, at home, and even at the temple! After being sent away to learn "proper" art, she runs into trouble. Can she figure out a way to use her love of drawing cats to help herself?

When Sekka was a little girl, her mother disappeared into the snow. For years, she asked her father why her mother left. As her father is dying, she learns her mother’s secrets and who she really is. As her mother returns, Sekka learns the secrets of the Snow Spirit and their terrible price she must pay to be with her mother. What fate will Sekka choose— love or immortality?

In this reimagined Japanese folktale, Binbou is a poor, kind man. One night, he rescues a raven from the snow and takes care of it. The next day, he meets a beautiful woman who wants to marry him. To help Binbou, she weaves a brocade cloth to sell but he is still unhappy. Will Binbou’s greed drive his new wife away?

When Lok is given a box of beads blessed by Yue-lao, he sets off on a quest of fate to find the true love he is bound to with a red string. Destiny and fate are all well and good, but it is also wise to have a sound strategy in mind!

Princess Wencheng’s sister is newly married, and her father is searching for a husband for her, so Wencheng decides it is time to grow up. To confirm this, she shares her hopes and fears one last time with her beloved toy fish, and then throws it into a pond. However, when a mysterious and impossibly perfect suitor appears to her at night, she begins to doubt herself and her uncertain future. Will she ever be able to find true happiness?