Daraku (P+D)

[Machine Translation] Ryuzo Aoki, the protagonist of this story, was once an idealistic man who devoted his youth to the construction of a phantom empire called "Manchukuo" (Manchuria). After the war's end, he became the director of Kenai-en, a welfare organization, and fulfilled his responsibility to accommodate, protect, and educate mixed-race children, but his inner world was an endless wilderness. When he received an award for his achievements, he suddenly collapsed and began to act violently.

かつて理想に燃え、幻の帝国「満州国」建設に青春を賭けた主人公の青木隆造―。敗戦後は福祉事業団兼愛園の園長となり混血児収容、保護教育を自己の責務として全うするのだったが、その内面には果てしない曠野が拡がっていた。その業績が表彰された時、彼は突如崩壊し、凶行に走る。