Report on Minor Losses

The investigation is led by the editor – this time in the setting of snowy Hokkaido.

By editorial assignment, Arisima Emilia leaves Kyoto and heads to the very north of Japan, where the kaigatu people have completely vanished. Some blame a cholera outbreak, others – a sea obake, the demon sazae-oni. But Emilia quickly realizes that the answer is much more terrifying. As she unravels this complex case at the edge of the world, the girl herself finds herself in danger.