Fukin Misshitsu

[Machine Translation] Ryota, a high school student living in Oshidana Village, is cleaning up an abandoned elementary school with his childhood friends as a summer job. Then two girls from Tokyo come to visit. One was "Ame-chan," who attended this elementary school for a time six years ago and moved away soon after. In Ryota's mind, the summer when he played with his brother, Ko-chan, and Ame-chan, comes back to his mind. However, Kochan's "accident" changed the memories into sad ones. Ryota and his friends, excited by the reunion, stay at the abandoned school and spend the night as if they were on a school excursion. The next morning, however, their childhood friend Shijo is found sunk in the pool. When the culprit's name is revealed, the world changes forever. An authentic coming-of-age mystery that must be read twice.

忍棚村に暮らす高校生の凌汰は、夏休みのバイトで幼馴染みたちと廃校の小学校を片付けていた。そこへ東京から2人の少女が訪ねてくる。ひとりは、6年前の一時期この小学校に通い、すぐに引っ越した「雨ちゃん」だった。凌汰の脳裏に、兄・コーちゃんと雨ちゃんと3人で遊んだ夏が甦る。コーちゃんの「事故」で思い出は悲しい記憶に変わったのだが―。再会に盛り上がる凌汰たちはそのまま廃校に宿泊し、修学旅行の夜のような時間を過ごす。しかし翌朝、幼馴染みの四條がプールに沈んでいて―。犯人の名が明かされるとき、世界は一変する。二度読み必至の青春本格ミステリ。