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The Woman Whose Shadow Was Stepped OnAuthor: Okamoto Kidō

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Original Title 影を踏まれた女
Author 岡本 綺堂
Genre Detective & Mystery
Author Type Male Author
Summary In bustling Edo, Oseki, a beautiful young woman poised for marriage, finds her world irrevocably altered by a seemingly harmless childhood game. On the eve of the Thirteenth Night, her shadow is trampled—an ancient superstition whispers of ill fortune and a shortened life. What begins as a haunting fear quickly spirals into a suffocating dread, consuming Oseki entirely. She shuns moonlight, then sunlight, withdrawing into dim corners, her health and sanity visibly deteriorating, jeopardizing her future with her beloved Yōjirō. As her family desperately seeks answers, an enigmatic ascetic’s rituals reveal not just a girl plagued by fear, but perhaps a terrifying transformation within her very shadow. Is Oseki merely a victim of her own mind, or has a sinister, unseen force truly taken hold, threatening to claim her last breath.
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