Title: Is a “Stigmatized Property” Really That Bad?
Is a “stigmatized property” really not that bad? The protagonist, Kazuya, has nothing going for him. After dropping out of high school, he is unable to find a job and is left drifting aimlessly through life. A company president takes pity on him and hires him. For Kazuya, that president was like a parent. Then, that president suddenly dies of an unexplained cause. He had been healthy—so why…? The company is taken over by the president’s son-in-law, who appears out of nowhere. The pay had never been great to begin with, but Kazuya had felt it was worth working there out of gratitude to the president—and, more than anything, because he felt joy in being relied upon by someone. However, the successor’s behavior is the worst imaginable. Kazuya is barely paid, and ends up moving into a cheaper apartment. But as expected, it turns out to be a “stigmatized property” (a place marked by a death or incident). A ghost appears every day at the same time, as if waiting for Kazuya to return home.