![]() While waiting for the moon to come out, Gabu taunts Mei that he plans on eating him. Mei finds that Gabu has lost his memory of their friendship and all the events that preceded the avalanche due to the trauma of surviving that disaster, and Mei knows not how to undo the damage. ![]() Gabu is missing, but Mei finds him in another cave. The next morning, Mei digs through the snow blocking the cave and sees the "emerald forest" they had been searching for in the distance. As Gabu is about to go face the wolf pack, there is an avalanche that sweeps them all away. Gabu hears his pack approaching and leaves Mei to face them, ready to defend his goat friend to the death. Gabu reluctantly agrees initially, but soon realizes that no matter how hungry he is, he cannot eat his friend. Mei, knowing that Gabu has not eaten in days, offers to sacrifice himself as sustenance. Gabu and Mei reach the summit of a mountain where they stop and rest, exhausted from fighting their way through a snowstorm. Giro and his pack begin to hunt down the two companions. However, Giro, the leader of Gabu's pack, holds a grudge against goats and views Gabu as a traitor to all wolves. They hope to find an "emerald forest" free from persecution. Mei and Gabu, no longer wanting to be bound by their respective clan's unjust regulations and hoping to preserve their friendship, cross a river during a storm. In a truly underhanded tactic, the pack and labor attempt to force Mei and Gabu to use each other to get information on their enemies. ![]() However, Mei's labor and Gabu's pack eventually find out about their relationship and forbid the friendship. Despite their natural predisposition as enemies, they share a common bond and begin meeting regularly. The next day, when they meet, Mei learns that his companion from the night before was a wolf named Gabu. The two decide to meet later and will recognize each other by using the password "one stormy night". The two can neither see nor smell each other, but nevertheless they huddle together, fending off the cold, and begin to talk. In the barn, the goat meets another refugee. Plot Ī goat named Mei wanders into a barn one night, seeking shelter from a storm. A CG-animated anime television series by Sparky Animation, Arashi no Yoru ni: Himitsu no Tomodachi ( あらしのよるに ひみつのともだち, One Stormy Night: Secret Friends), began airing in Japan from Apto September 26, 2012. ![]() In 2005, Gisaburō Sugii directed an animated film adaptation covering all seven books in the series. Soon after, Kimura wrote the seventh and last book, Mangetsu no Yoru ni ( まんげつのよるに, One Full Moon Night ).Īrashi no Yoru ni was published in Japanese textbooks by Mitsumura Tosho Publishing. As the series became more popular, a compilation called Shiroi Yami no Hate de ( しろいやみのはてで, At the End of White Darkness) was released in 2004 and a movie adaptation was produced. When Arashi no Yoru ni was published in 1994, Kimura had no plans to continue the story as a series, but due to the popularity of the story and receiving considerable encouragement, he continued the story through five more books, ending with Fubuki no Ashita ( ふぶきのあした, After the Snowstorm) in 2002. In 1995, the book won the 26th Kōdansha Literature Culture Award and the 42nd Sankei Children's Literature Culture Award. One Stormy Night) is the first in a series of children's books authored by Yūichi Kimura and illustrated by Hiroshi Abe. ![]() Gabu and Mei from the movie One Stormy Night ( Arashi no Yoru Ni)Īrashi no Yoru ni ( あらしのよるに, lit. ![]()
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