A review by goguma
The Moon Over the Mountain: Maiden's Bookshelf by Atsushi Nakajima

"I think all of us, whether beast or human, were something else once. Maybe we remember at first, but over time we forget, and believe ourselves to have always been the way we are now … But what difference does it make? No doubt I’ll be happier once the human part of me is gone completely, though the man in me dreads that more than anything. Aah, I can’t tell you how terrible and lonely and hopeless it makes me feel, the idea of forgetting I was human! You can’t possibly understand. No one can… I’m alone with this. But before my humanity is lost entirely, I have one request to make of you.”