It's a very dark story. It's about the way desire for power and privilege compels women (and men) to behave with utter depravity. |
Stories about male-male homosexuality have been extremely popular with Japanese women for decades. |
These writers are tapping into a frustration that is almost universal among young people in Japan. Japan's economic bubble has burst and for many young people, a period of great promise seems to be over. They're left with no sense of direction, no sense of what really matters in life. |