Protagonist. A lonely blue-collar day-labourer living with his grandparents near Nagasaki. Meets Yoshino through online dating but is exploited and discarded. After killing Yoshino in a rage during an argument, he becomes a fugitive. Develops a deep, tragic romance with Mitsuyo, confesses his crime, and chooses to remain on the run at her insistence.
Their opposing positions shape the investigation without requiring a direct confrontation.
Masuo initially becomes the prime suspect in Yoshino's murder, while Shimizu remains silent as the actual killer and later becomes the wanted criminal...
Their correspondence creates the basis for their later relationship.
Mitsuyo and Shimizu first exchange emails through the same online dating site and reconnect several months later.
Their relationship begins as an unequal and transactional sexual arrangement.
Shimizu meets Yoshino through an online dating site, and she demands money during their encounters, which she describes to friends as being about sex.
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