Eri Manaka lives alone in the big city. She writes a romantic novel on impulse and is startled when it gets rave reviews and makes her a literary celebrity. But doubts soon kick in, and Eri begins work on an anti-romantic sequel, in which her heroine Rie goes through the torments of the damned.
Sayuri Oyamada
Eri Manaka
Yuichi Kishino
Hoshino
Makoto Ogi
Rie
Machu Mansyu
Maruyama
Yoji Tanaka
Fuyuki Tohjoh
Katsu Kanai
God (voice)
Eri Manaka lives alone in the big city. She writes a romantic novel on impulse and is startled when it gets rave reviews and makes her a literary celebrity. But doubts soon kick in, and Eri begins work on an anti-romantic sequel, in which her heroine Rie goes through the torments of the damned.
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