There’s a certain kind of quiet magic that lingers in the pages of The Amberglow Candy Store, glowing like a warm lantern in a dark alley. Hiyoko Kurisu’s fable-like tale, translated into English by Matt Treyvaud, tells of a candy shop hidden away in a moonlit alley, open only between the full moon and the new moon, and run by a half-fox spirit named Kogetsu.

On Gloaming Lane, humans in need of something more, a second chance, a lost feeling, a bit of hope, stumble across the Amberglow Candy Store. Its shelves are filled with traditional wagashi, delicate and lovingly described. But they are not as innocent as they look. Each sweet comes with a "dosage," and the results are never quite what the customer expects.

From Kana, who wants more time with her boyfriend, to Saito, plagued by ba

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