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Original Title	演技の果て
Author	山川 方夫
Genre	Modern Short Fiction
Author Type	Male Author
Summary	Kubo, a jaded radio drama writer, prides himself on a life of calculated emotional distance, finding comfort in the superficial and skillfully deflecting the demands of genuine connection. But his meticulously ordered world is violently upended by the sudden, inexplicable suicide of Mariko, a former theater colleague. Her death becomes a catalyst, dragging him into a disorienting wake where hushed accusations and shocking confessions force him to confront a past he’d meticulously buried. As the true circumstances of Mariko’s final days emerge, Kubo is plunged into a maelstrom of guilt, facing not only the mystery of her demise but his own chilling complicity in the suffering of others. Can he escape the inescapable truth of his own villainy, or is he destined to drown in a past he can no longer ignore?