Shigeru's midnight visit leads Seiichi back up the hill where his mother dropped him as a child...and as events begin to fold in on themselves like the layers of his psyche, Seiichi starts to see the past through Mommy's eyes... With one symbolic act, Seiichi can finally free himself of his mother's malign influence—but is this a nightmare, or is it all too real?!

少年審判、開廷…裁きの行方は!? 高台で向き合った従兄弟の”しげる”は、 かつてママに高台から突き落とされた”自分”だったーー 僕が消えることが正しいこと…そう思った瞬間、静一は”自分”を葬るため しげるを突き落とし、殺めた。 それは、己の中のママとの決別の儀式。 罪悪感を一切感じることなく、静一は鑑別所に収監される。 そこで静一を待ち受けていたのは「内省」の日々。 深淵に意識が向かうなか、心の隙間にスルリと入って来たのは しげるを殺してまで決別を試みた「ママ」だったーー!!

It's been 20 years since his mother told Seiichi that she renounced motherhood, since she thanked him for being a killer, since he tried to strangle her there in the courtroom—and somehow he made it through. Living alone, working the night shift at a bakery, barely speaking to his father, Seiichi's life is solitary and empty, and he likes it that way. But nothing lasts forever... The grand preface is over—and now the real story begins!!

死へ向かう僕を止めたのはママだった!? 「もうこのまま…一生会わないでいいんかい?」 それは生前、父からの最期の問いだった。 逝去した父の遺骨を埋めるため 久しぶりに故郷を訪れた静一。 「これで、もうこの世に何も思い残すことはない…」 そんな時、偶然にも目の前に吹石さんが現れる。 蘇る記憶と感情ーー 一瞬、時が止まり、空気は張り詰める。 静一は、己の人生を、”無事”に終わらせることができるのか!?

ママの凄絶な深淵に、迫る。 人生の終焉をようやく掴みかけた静一に、警察から「ママを保護した」と一報が。 20年ぶりに対峙したママは、静一が誰なのか、己は何者なのか分かっておらず要領を得ない受け答えを繰り返すが、静一との会話の中で突如記憶が戻る。その時、静一の心に抑えきれぬ激情が迸り、ママに拳を振り上げるも、殴打できずにその場を立ち去る。しかし心に刻まれた「感情」は日に日に大きくなり、静一は再びママの家へ… そこに待ち受けていたのは、ママの凄絶な深淵。 二人の永い永い夜が、始まる。

From the creator who brought you notable works such as The Flowers of Evil, Happiness, and Inside Mari, comes his latest suspense drama centering on the theme of a toxic parent.Dive into this latest thriller by master storyteller, Shuzo Oshimi."..if you enjoyed Oshimi's previous work with "Flowers of Evil", and you enjoy dark storylines with twisted characters, you'll no doubt enjoy "Blood on the Tracks"! Recommended!" - Neo Tokyo 2099The tale of Seiko’s past draws to a close, and Seiichi is left with one central, burning “Why did you ‘kill’ me?”Once that question has been answered, can some kind of relationship between mother and child be resurrected?The long night is over—now what will the dawn bring?

Seiichi brings Seiko back to his place, and the two of them are under one roof again. But she has lost the will to live after her accident, and Seiichi resigns himself to the task of watching his mother slowly fall apart. Their final conversation unfolds in dream, while Seiichi himself is the object of another dreamer's thoughts... And so the tale finally comes to a close, the horrors of the past relegated to a welcome oblivion.