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Original Title	反逆
Author	矢田 津世子
Genre	Modern Short Fiction
Author Type	Female Author
Summary	Set in a seemingly pious church community, Rebellion traces the inner collapse of O-Matsu, a destitute widow who clings to faith after being rescued from despair. As years pass, charity, sermons, and devotion mask hypocrisy, exploitation, and moral decay within the church. Her sons begin to see through the illusion, while O-Matsu desperately suppresses doubt. When a devastating truth about her disabled daughter is revealed, faith, fear, and obedience violently unravel. The story builds toward a shocking confrontation in which belief turns into defiance, exposing religion not as salvation, but as a system capable of profound cruelty.