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The story ends in tragedy when Gin mistakenly touches a young boy who sneaked into the spirit festival, though before he disappears, he and Hotaru embrace and confess their love for one another. When Hotaru reaches high school, Gin takes her on a date to a festival in the forest hosted by the spirits. Meanwhile, Hotaru struggles with their budding romance and their uncertain future together, while Gin wishes he could touch and hold the young woman that Hotaru has become.
As the years go by, Gin hardly ages while Hotaru grows closer to his age. When her summer vacation ends, she informs Gin that she is only visiting her grandfather's country residence and that she will return the following summer. Gin then leads Hotaru out of the forest.ĭespite the limitations on their interactions, Hotaru and Gin become friends, and she spends the next few days with him in the mountain forest. She is found by a human-looking spirit named Gin, who wears a mask and informs Hotaru that if he is touched by a human, then he will disappear forever. The second story, Hotarubi no Mori e, is set in the summer and begins after a six-year-old girl named Hotaru Takegawa gets lost in a forest inhabited by a yamagami, or mountain spirit, as well as yōkai (strange apparitions). What will happen with their relationship? One day, when Hotaru already in high-school, Gin invited her to a youkai festival held in the forest. Ever since that summer, she had been visiting Gin at the forest year after year. When Hotaru was six years old, she got lost in the forest but got rescued by Gin. Hotarubi no Mori e (Manga), (蛍火の杜へ lit: To the Forest of the Fireflies) is the second chapter in a tankōbon short story collection of the same name, which included four romantic one-shot stories written by Yuki Midorikawa.