Reptilia

This story, also called *Hebi Onna*, is about the legend of the Snake-Woman. It is divided into 3 parts. 1-5. **Mama ga Kowai** (ママがこわい) Yumiko's mother is hospitalized. But after being discharged, the mother is acting strange, she quickly reveals to be the Snake-Woman, and she wants to devor the poor Yumiko! 6-14. **Madara no Shoujo** (まだらの少女) To recover from the events with the Snake-Woman, Yumiko is sent into the mountains to visit her cousin Kyouko. But at her arrival at the village, the people are afraid of Yumiko, saying that she is the Snake-Woman! 15-29. **Hebi Shoujo** (へび少女) (This is the origin story of the Snake-Woman, and also the fourth installment of the *Yamabiko Shimai* series.) Youko is a friend of Satsuki and Kanna. Her family is cursed since the time her grand-father injured a snake guardian spirit. After Youko's last relative is killed by a giant snake, a strange woman from a neighbor village adopts her, but somehow, Satsuki is worried about her friend.