The Wind Listener
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Summary
In Edo period Japan, a humble fart-claimer discovers their unusual gift can reveal hidden truths about the shogun's court. When they detect treason through bodily sounds, they must use their bizarre ability to protect Japan's 217-year peace.
Characters
Lady Yuki
Hideo
Settings
Yoshiwara Pleasure Quarter
A maze of lantern-lit wooden tea houses and brothels where silk-clad courtesans glide across wooden corridors, and the air perpetually smells of incense masking sweat and secrets. Beyond the gilded facade lies a world of quiet surveillance where every whispered conversation carries weight.
Edo Castle's Shadowed Corridors
Vast maze-like halls where absolute power rules, yet traitors walk undetected. Massive stone walls and wooden corridors echo with the sounds of shuffling feet and hushed conspiracies. Behind every screened door waits someone with something to hide.
Story Structure
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The Complete Tale
A complete kishotenketsu arc following Hideo from shameful fart-claimer to honored protector, through discovery, alliance, revelation of conspiracy, and ultimate acceptance of his peculiar gift as a sacred duty serving Japan's peace.
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The Complete Tale - Complete
Hideo transforms from a shameful fart-claimer in Yoshiwara to a honored protector of Japan's peace through his unusual gift, as Lady Yuki recruits him to expose a conspiracy threatening the realm.
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The Discovery in Shadows
Hideo works his shameful trade in Yoshiwara until he detects treason in a samurai's involuntary sounds and catches Lady Yuki's attention.
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The Infiltration
Lady Yuki recruits Hideo to help expose foreign agents, and together they infiltrate Edo Castle where Hideo uses his gift to identify traitors.
- Story ID
- story_J0CouHJ5lyqzfhSd
- Created
- January 12, 2026
- Art Style
- ukiyo-e (artistic)
- Status
- published
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