Akihiko Kaku Katariki

Kadokawa Shoten (1988) : 1. Akihiko Kaku Katariki Middle-aged housewife Tatsuko dies after being hit by a runaway taxi, but before moving on she gets to return to life for one week by borrowing the body of Akihiko, a high school girl who survived the same accident. In 2004 this story was adapted into an NHK late night drama called Chotto Matte, Kami-sama (ちょっと待って、神様, trans: Wait, God!). 2. Long Long Cake A university student meets a shape-shifting alien. 3. Niwa wa Midori Kawa wa Blue After her death from an illness, a young woman temporarily takes over the body of her own three-year-old daughter. 4. Mizu no Naka no Tissue Paper High school girl Kuriko's precognitive dreams cause trouble when she has a dream about her boyfriend falling for someone else.