human chair

Six selected works of Doppo have been revised. The cover was drawn by Japanese heterochromatic manga artist Asumiko Nakamura. The entire text was re-edited. Japanese Rampo researcher Morooka Takuma was invited to write a new introduction to re-introduce the father of Japanese reasoning in a way that is more relevant to young readers. . Three short story selections and a full-length novel were selected based on their classicity, groundbreaking subject matter, and representativeness of random characteristics. Selected short stories include "The Dark Beast", "The Human Chair", and "Two Cents of Copper Coin", and the novels include "The Ghost on the Island", "The D-Saka Murder Incident" (a series of short stories by Akechi Kogoro, one of Japan's three most famous detectives), and "Pano". "The Strange Tales of Lama Island" was published successively in 2017.

〈Human chair〉

A poor and ugly chair-maker lives a lonely life with no one to accompany him. One day, he had a sudden idea and hid in a luxurious chair that was delivered to the home of a beautiful lady. Indulging in the debauched life of caressing women's bodies across chairs, he develops a paranoid love for the owner of the chair.../Ranpo's most well-known strange short story, you will never forget it after reading it.