[DeepL Translation - needs review] Introduction to Volume 1: A young couple is brutally murdered in their home, and the word "rage" is left in their blood at the scene. The murderer is identified as 27-year-old Kazuya Yamagami, but his whereabouts are unknown. One year after the incident, in the summer, Maki, who works in a port town in Chiba, Japan, is arrested by the police. Yohei Maki and his son Aiko, who work in a port town in Chiba, Yuma Fujita, a gay man working for a major Tokyo comp...
This is a review for the combined 上・下 set.
Language learning notes: Vocab spread is a little wide, but nothing specialized. I don't think the writing is very flowery, but it's descriptive and relies more on inner thoughts than dialogue to tell the story.
Review: This book starts off with a murder and then introduces you to several parallel and seemingly unrelated story lines. Each story has fleshed out characters with their own backstory, sorrows, and desires. As you go through the bo