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The Shadow of ThingsAuthor: Toyoshima Yoshio
| Original Title | ものの影 |
|---|---|
| Author | 豊島 与志雄 |
| Genre | Fantasy & Sci-Fi |
| Author Type | Male Author |
| Summary | Near a desolate marsh stands a solitary pine tree, a place of eerie stillness by night. Shimano Hikoichi, stumbling home drunk, encounters a spectral figure among the reeds—a boy seemingly woven from shadows. Driven by an inexplicable rage, he strikes, only to discover the chilling solidity of flesh and bone. Days later, newspapers report the boy’s mysterious death: a suicide note in his pocket, yet fatal wounds suggesting murder. As Hikoichi obsessively follows the case, paranoia tightens its grip. A peculiar vagrant’s cryptic words and an act of arson at the marsh deepen the enigma. Is Hikoichi haunted by guilt, or has he become entangled in something far more sinister? The truth lingers like mist over the scarred landscape, where shadows blur the line between the living and the dead. |
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