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| Original Title | 人間豹 |
|---|---|
| Author | 江戸川 乱歩 |
| Genre | Detective & Mystery |
| Author Type | Male Author |
| Summary | Carefree Yoshio Kamiya's world shatters when he encounters the monstrous Human Leopard, a creature of chilling cunning and bestial hunger. His obsessive love for waitress Hiroko draws him into a nightmare, culminating in her gruesome death. Consumed by grief and a desperate thirst for vengeance, Kamiya vows to hunt down the fiend. But the Human Leopard's malevolent obsession doesn't end there. It relentlessly targets Kamiya's new love, the captivating actress Ranko, leading to a series of bizarre abductions and terrifying confrontations. As the line between man and beast blurs, Kamiya enlists the eccentric detective Kogoro Akechi to unmask this shape-shifting demon. In a world where masks conceal terrifying truths and human nature twists into depravity, can they outwit an enemy that defies all logic, or will the Human Leopard's relentless pursuit claim yet another innocent soul? |
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