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CaptivesAuthor: Toyoshima Yoshio
| Original Title | 囚われ |
|---|---|
| Author | 豊島 与志雄 |
| Genre | Popular Fiction |
| Author Type | Male Author |
| Summary | In a quiet household shrouded in autumn’s chill, three lives intertwine in a fragile dance of longing and restraint. Takataro, a listless young man adrift in his cousin Tsuneo’s home, navigates uneasy mornings beneath cold sunlight and the weight of unspoken tensions. Tsuneo, tormented by his wife Tomiko’s concealed past, oscillates between possessive devotion and simmering resentment. Tomiko herself drifts like a shadow, her beauty a mask for restless despair, drawn to Takataro’s quiet empathy even as guilt tightens its grip. \nTheir shared spaces—a cluttered upstairs salon, sunlit verandas, hushed tearooms—become arenas for charged glances and veiled confessions. Beneath surface civility, forbidden desires and buried truths ferment: stolen moments linger like ghosts, while Tsuneo’s unraveling psyche casts a pall over every interaction. As autumn deepens, whispered confessions and brittle silences strain the trio’s fragile facade. Secrets claw toward light, loyalties fracture, and a single reckless act threatens to unravel their precarious equilibrium. \nA haunting portrait of love’s paradoxes unfolds—where tenderness borders on cruelty, intimacy breeds isolation, and liberation may demand unbearable sacrifice. The stage is set for a reckoning no one can escape. |
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