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The Jorōgumo WomanAuthor: Miyamoto Yuriko
| Original Title | お女郎蜘蛛 |
|---|---|
| Author | 宮本 百合子 |
| Genre | Popular Fiction |
| Author Type | Female Author |
| Summary | In a merchant household shrouded in generational secrets, Oryu emerges as a girl marked by an otherworldly allure. From adolescence, a mysterious glow pulses within her, intensifying her beauty into something unnervingly mythic—a splendor likened to ancient legends. Her parents, haunted by their own rebellious pasts, watch helplessly as she sheds her meek name and identity, embracing instead the ferocity of dragons and serpents. Oryu’s cold magnetism ensnares men, their adoration feeding a power she believes divine: to command devotion through terror, drawing vitality from their obsession. \nSurrounded by hellish art and venomous creatures, she cultivates an aura of lethal elegance, her laughter sharp as the dagger she keeps close. Yet as years pass, shadows creep into her reflection—harbingers of mortality she despises. In a crescendo of defiance, Oryu confronts her fading invincibility, weaving a final act as enigmatic as her existence. Blurring humanity and myth, her tale whispers of beauty forged in darkness and the price of eternal youth in a world where love and destruction intertwine. |
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