Niji no Prelude

A compilation by Osamu Tezuka includes five short stories originally published in various magazines and anthologies between 1958 and 1975. The collection features "Rainbow Prelude," "The Curtain is Still Blue Tonight," an adaptation of Shakespeare's *The Merchant of Venice*, "Peacock Shell," and "Song of the White Peacock." The works are part of Kodansha's "Osamu Tezuka Manga Complete Works" series, which gathers his diverse range of shorter pieces. Each story was initially released in different serialized formats, with publication dates ranging from early 1958 to late 1975.