Alice in Dreamland

This odd three-parter purports to map the metaphysics of the interpersonal universe, dividing its trio of tales into three, different-toned “planets.”

The company in which Fukihara worked developed the CHRONOS JAUNTER, a device that would enable one to time travel. The story follows Kazuhiro Fukihara in his quest to go back in time to save his girlfriend that died in a sudden accident. What was unknown to Fukihara was that the device had serious flaws that prevented time travel to function properly.

Yoko, a 5-year-old girl, on a walk with her father finds an abandoned Western-style building with a beautiful garden, into which an elderly woman is moving. Yoko is attracted to the noisy grandmother, although she is afraid. Eventually Yoko falls ill with diphtheria and spends her time in the hospital. One night she is guided by a girl, who looks into the mysterious world of her grandmother's memory. The memories of 5-year-old Yoko and her 70-year-old grandmother overlap. Yoko experiences an adventure in her grandmother's time that was neither her dream nor reality.