Tanunori
@tanunori.bsky.social
Writer. Retelling Japanese folktales for readers who've ever felt invisible.
The Invisible Mender — a 12-part story on Medium.
The Invisible Mender — a 12-part story on Medium.
"Something in him cracked. Not enough to let light in.
But enough to let him know there was a crack."
— from Chapter 1 of The Invisible Mender
medium.com/@marusez/the-foxes-at-the-gate-70dde694467
But enough to let him know there was a crack."
— from Chapter 1 of The Invisible Mender
medium.com/@marusez/the-foxes-at-the-gate-70dde694467
February 11, 2026 at 5:45 AM
"Something in him cracked. Not enough to let light in.
But enough to let him know there was a crack."
— from Chapter 1 of The Invisible Mender
medium.com/@marusez/the-foxes-at-the-gate-70dde694467
But enough to let him know there was a crack."
— from Chapter 1 of The Invisible Mender
medium.com/@marusez/the-foxes-at-the-gate-70dde694467
Chapter 2 of The Invisible Mender is live.
"Small Crimes" — invisibility is freedom.
Until you start taking things that aren't yours.
medium.com/@marusez/small-crimes-0bca94e4a00f
"Small Crimes" — invisibility is freedom.
Until you start taking things that aren't yours.
medium.com/@marusez/small-crimes-0bca94e4a00f
Small Crimes
The invisible man explores his village and discovers that every face hides a story. Then he does something he cannot undo.
medium.com
February 10, 2026 at 2:53 PM
Chapter 2 of The Invisible Mender is live.
"Small Crimes" — invisibility is freedom.
Until you start taking things that aren't yours.
medium.com/@marusez/small-crimes-0bca94e4a00f
"Small Crimes" — invisibility is freedom.
Until you start taking things that aren't yours.
medium.com/@marusez/small-crimes-0bca94e4a00f
Chapter 2 of The Invisible Mender drops today.
"Small Crimes" — what happens when no one can see what you take?
medium.com/@marusez
"Small Crimes" — what happens when no one can see what you take?
medium.com/@marusez
Tanunori – Medium
Read writing from Tanunori on Medium. Retelling Japanese folktales for readers who've ever felt invisible. Currently serializing The Invisible Mender.
medium.com
February 10, 2026 at 4:41 AM
Chapter 2 of The Invisible Mender drops today.
"Small Crimes" — what happens when no one can see what you take?
medium.com/@marusez
"Small Crimes" — what happens when no one can see what you take?
medium.com/@marusez
In Japan, foxes don't appear by accident. They choose.
This essay explores how a 500-year-old folktale about a trickster with a magic cloak became a story about
feeling invisible.
medium.com/p/the-fox-wh...
This essay explores how a 500-year-old folktale about a trickster with a magic cloak became a story about
feeling invisible.
medium.com/p/the-fox-wh...
The Fox Who Chose: How a 500-Year-Old
The original tale of Kakure Mino Kakure Kasa, where it came from, and how a trickster story about theft became a story about seeing.
medium.com
February 9, 2026 at 1:07 PM
In Japan, foxes don't appear by accident. They choose.
This essay explores how a 500-year-old folktale about a trickster with a magic cloak became a story about
feeling invisible.
medium.com/p/the-fox-wh...
This essay explores how a 500-year-old folktale about a trickster with a magic cloak became a story about
feeling invisible.
medium.com/p/the-fox-wh...
I started writing a story about a Japanese folktale —
an old man who becomes invisible and discovers he's been
invisible for years.
Part 1 is on Medium. Twelve parts total, new chapters coming soon.
I just published The Foxes at the Gate medium.com/p/the-foxes-...
an old man who becomes invisible and discovers he's been
invisible for years.
Part 1 is on Medium. Twelve parts total, new chapters coming soon.
I just published The Foxes at the Gate medium.com/p/the-foxes-...
The Foxes at the Gate
A retired woodworker follows a fox to a shrine and discovers the most dangerous power in the world: the ability to disappear.
medium.com
February 8, 2026 at 12:15 PM
I started writing a story about a Japanese folktale —
an old man who becomes invisible and discovers he's been
invisible for years.
Part 1 is on Medium. Twelve parts total, new chapters coming soon.
I just published The Foxes at the Gate medium.com/p/the-foxes-...
an old man who becomes invisible and discovers he's been
invisible for years.
Part 1 is on Medium. Twelve parts total, new chapters coming soon.
I just published The Foxes at the Gate medium.com/p/the-foxes-...