Nibiro Genshi Iki

[Machine Translation] Kozue Fukiya, a novelist who is pursuing the mystery of Azusa Iiai, the author of the novel "Yoru Katsuru Tokoro" whose filming of the novel was aborted three times due to accidents during filming, participates with her husband Masaharu in a cruise trip where all the people involved gather. On board the ship, Kozue and her husband, Masaharu, are interviewed by the film director Kadokae, the film producer Shindo, the editor Shimazaki, and the Manabe sisters, a group of manga artists, all of whom have a special interest in "Yoru~". New facts and new interpretations appear one after another. Halfway through the trip, Kozue rereads "Night" and feels a certain discomfort.

撮影中の事故により三たび映像化が頓挫した小説『夜果つるところ』と、その著者・飯合梓の謎を追う小説家の蕗谷梢は、関係者が一堂に会するクルーズ旅行に夫・雅春とともに参加した。船上では、映画監督の角替、映画プロデューサーの進藤、編集者の島崎、漫画家ユニット・真鍋姉妹など、『夜～』にひとかたならぬ思いを持つ面々が、梢の取材に応えて語り出す。次々と現れる新事実と新解釈。旅の半ば、『夜～』を読み返した梢は、ある違和感を覚えて―。