Samuel Taylor Coleridge's, "Rime of the Ancient Mariner," along with some of his short poems, are the inspiration for Volume 2. Lessons of life and emotion are not for the faint of heart, as Tanpopo will learn. Kuro shoots off Specter Bark, and strikes down the albatross. His transformation takes a life and delivers a message of sorrow and remorse. Will Tanpopo understand? Tanpopo is a series, which follows Tanpopo's journey into the human world, as she is confronted with the reality of life and emotion. Tanpopo is inspired and narrated by passages from classic literature and poetry. The words and images are woven together, telling Tanpopo's story as she is guided by the Fuastian devil, Kuro, on her journey into the world of humanity and what it means to feel.