

Books in series

#1
GOTH 夜の章
2002
森野夜が拾った一冊の手帳。そこには女性がさらわれ、山奥で切り刻まれていく過程が克明に記されていた。これは、最近騒がれている連続殺人犯の日記ではないのか。もしも本物だとすれば、最新の犠牲者はまだ警察に発見されぬまま、犯行現場に立ちすくんでいるはずだ。「彼女に会いにいかない?」と森野は「僕」を誘う…。人間の残酷な面を覗きたがる悪趣味な若者たち―“GOTH”を描き第三回本格ミステリ大賞に輝いた、乙一の跳躍点というべき作品。「夜」に焦点をあわせた短編三作を収録。

#2
GOTH 僕の章
2002
この世には殺す人間と殺される人間がいる。自分は前者だ―そう自覚する少年、「僕」。殺人鬼の足跡を辿り、その心に想像を巡らせる「GOTH」の本性を隠し、教室に潜んでいた「僕」だったが、あるとき級友の森野夜に見抜かれる。「その笑顔の作り方を私にも教えてくれない?」という言葉で。人形のような夜の貌と傷跡の刻まれた手首が「僕」の中の何かを呼び覚ます。彼女の秘密に忍び寄った彼が目撃するのは…。圧倒的存在感を放ちつつ如何なるジャンルにも着地しない乙一の、跳躍点というべき一作。「僕」に焦点した三篇を収録。

#1-2
Goth
2002
Morino is the strangest girl in school \- how could she not be, given her obsession with brutal murders? And there are plenty of murders to grow obsessed with, as the town in which she lives is a magnet for serial killers. She and her schoolmate will go to any length to investigate the murders, even putting their own bodies on the line. And they don’t want to stop the killers \- Morino and her friend simply want to understand them.
This new Haikasoru edition features the author's afterwords to the two\-volume editions and the previously unpublished bonus novelette, Morino's Souvenir Photo.
Authors

Otsuichi
Author · 19 books
Otsuichi (乙一, Otsuichi?), also known as Eiichi Nakata and Asako Yamashiro, is the pen-name of Hirotaka Adachi (安達 寛高), born 1978. He is a Japanese writer, mostly of horror short stories. He made his debut with Summer, Fireworks, and My Corpse while still in high school. Major works include the novel Goth, which was made into a manga, and the short story collection Zoo, which was made into a movie. Tokyopop has released his short story collection Calling You, and will release Goth in November. His short story F-Sensei's Pocket appears in the English language edition of Faust.