Uzutama (Shogakukan Bunko)

[Machine Translation] One day, Shusaku Matsumiya, about to get married, is given a bank book in Shusaku's name by his father. Without revealing who had made the transfers, his father suffered a stroke and went into a coma. Facing the mystery of the bankbook, Shusaku begins to explore his own past and arrives at a case of manslaughter that occurred 25 years ago. The victim was his mother, who was told that she had died of illness. Shusaku begins to search for the perpetrator and gradually gets closer to the hidden truth. This is a family novel that will inevitably bring tears to the eyes of the reader, as a man who fears his family and a man who continues to search for his family weave together. At the end of the book is a manga essay-style commentary by popular manga artist Kirie. The masterpiece that won first place on the Readers' Meter OF THE YEAR 2018 is now available in a long-awaited paperback edition.

結婚を控えた松宮周作は、ある日、父から周作名義の通帳を渡される。振り込み続けたのが誰かを明かさぬまま、父は脳梗塞で昏睡状態に。通帳の謎に向き合い、自分の過去を探り始めて辿り着いたのは、25年前に起こった傷害致死事件だった。被害者は、病気で亡くなったと聞かされていた母。加害者を捜し始めた周作は隠された真実に少しずつ近づいていく。家族を怖れる男と、家族を求め続ける男が織りなす、感涙必至の家族小説。巻末は人気マンガ家キリエさんによるマンガエッセイ風解説。読者メーターOF THE YEAR 2018第一位に輝いた傑作が、待望の文庫化。