Dakara korosenakatta

"Try stopping my murders with words." This is one of the lines in the first letter delivered to Ippongi Toru, a roving journalist for Taiyo Shinbun's local news desk. The serial killer designates Ippongi and demands a public debate in the Taiyo Shinbun. The following letters includes the described details of the random serial murders which have shaken the Tokyo metropolitan area. Using the journalist's power of words, Ippongi goes head to head with the criminal who warns of another murder. The unprecedented dialogue between the serial killer and newspaper journalist eventually rocks society.