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SimulacrumAuthor: Toyoshima Yoshio
| Original Title | 擬体 |
|---|---|
| Author | 豊島 与志雄 |
| Genre | Popular Fiction |
| Author Type | Male Author |
| Summary | In the austere offices of post-war Tokyo, Aoki’s mundane routine fractures when his enigmatic superior, Ishimura—a former military officer shrouded in secrecy—summons him after hours. Tasked with surveilling Nishimiya Makiko, a reserved colleague suspected of Communist sympathies, Aoki is thrust into a labyrinth of corporate espionage. Their uneasy history—drunken missteps veiled in regret—now becomes a weapon in Ishimura’s shadowy agenda. As Cold War tensions permeate their claustrophobic workplace, Aoki navigates smoky izakayas and hushed boardrooms where loyalty is transactional and every word risks betrayal. Ishimura’s piercing gaze and calculated charm mask darker ambitions tied to Japan’s rearmament debates, forcing Aoki to confront his role as pawn or dissenter. Between veiled threats and moral ambiguity, he grapples with fractured alliances and the cost of complicity. In this world of shifting truths, one choice could unravel secrets—or destroy what remains of his conscience. |
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