《今昔续百鬼·云》 / Konjaku Zoku Hyakki: Kumo
《今昔续百鬼·云》 is the 京极夏彦 book used by 115.京极夏彦今昔续百鬼：不研究妖怪，怎么好好做人？ as an accessible entrance into the 百鬼夜行系列. The episode chooses it because its medium-length stories are shorter, gentler, and less spoiler-sensitive than the main long novels.
The source presents the book as an early timeline point in the Kyogokudo universe: 中禅寺秋彦 has not yet fully become the central detective figure, while 多多良胜五郎 and 沼上蓮次 carry the fieldwork and comic misadventure structure.
Key Claims
- The book gives new readers a lower-risk way to sample Kyogoku’s mixture of folklore research, mystery plotting, humor, and human aftercare.
- Its first story, 《暗眼小僧》, demonstrates the source’s core pattern: a supposed yokai incident becomes a human, social, and interpretive problem.
- The episode says the later stories include 泥田坊, a hand-with-eye yokai, and 寄生佛, with 寄生佛 presented as closer to horror mystery and linked to 中禅寺秋彦’s appearance.