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| Original Title | 死児変相 |
|---|---|
| Author | 神西 清 |
| Genre | Detective & Mystery |
| Author Type | Male Author |
| Summary | Tokyo, post-war. Chie, a pragmatic medical student, strives to build a new life, determined to sever ties with a painful past and a sister she desperately wishes to believe dead. But her mother's persistent, ominous dreams become an inescapable summons, compelling Chie to confront what she has long avoided. Her reluctant search leads her to the hushed corridors of St. Agnes Hospital, where she encounters a figure both achingly familiar and profoundly unsettling: her Elder Sister, alive, yet hauntingly transfigured by an unspeakable sorrow. As Chie delves into the chilling mystery of her sister's survival and descent, she uncovers a disturbing narrative interwoven with wartime horrors, a cryptic chapel, and the eerie creations of a one-armed artist. With each revelation, the lines between reality and delusion blur, threatening not only her sister's fate but Chie’s own carefully guarded sanity. Can she truly declare her sister 'dead' to escape the encroaching shadows, or will the past forever bind them in a dance with madness |
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