Phoenix is made up 12 complex stories linked by the presence of the mythical bird, an immortal guardian of the universal life force. Read in order, the separate stories jump across time, alternating between a...

He wants to make women his own, like goldfish. It's the Taisho era. Fukiichi, who feels inferior about being a goldfish seller, relentlessly bullies Masako, the daughter of the Cliff House. When he makes her...