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Original Title	腐った蜉蝣
Author	蘭 郁二郎
Genre	Detective & Mystery
Author Type	Male Author
Summary	Haunted by a devastating heartbreak and a nervous breakdown, our narrator retreats from the glittering promise of Tokyo to the melancholic solitude of a Pacific coastal town. His aimless twilight walks are a desperate search for peace, until he encounters Kasuga—a gaunt, eccentric man consumed by a peculiar, almost deranged artistic ambition. A chilling revelation soon binds them: they both loved, and were ultimately abandoned by, the same captivating woman, the enigmatic stage singer Akimoto NeNe. As Kasuga's obsession spirals into a dark, unsettling desire for a twisted form of revenge, the narrator finds himself a reluctant witness, drawn deeper into a psychological labyrinth of love, delusion, and bitter retribution. Can either man truly break free from NeNe’s destructive allure, or are they forever bound to her fleeting, fragile memory?