In "Hoshi no Yuuenchi," an elementary school teacher patiently instructs his class in origami, distributing paper cranes. When the class bully, Takeshi, snatches one from another student, it unexpectedly changes into a talking spacecraft. This magical crane carries Takeshi and his classmates off to a stellar carnival. There, they must rescue a girl who has fallen into Space Hell. After the journey ends, Takeshi wakes up uncertain whether it all actually happened. The following day, he gives the enchanted crane back to its original owner. The story was created by Daisuke Ikeda, the head of the Buddhist Soka Gakkai organization, which is often tied to the shinshuukyo religious movement and has sometimes been described as a cult.