Forty-Nine Days of Stepmother’s Reckoning

Synopsis

Mother is dead—leaving no will behind.

On the evening of the forty-ninth day of mourning, which passed in a blur.

Harunya Saegusa, a university student who lost his mother Konami Shichitane, is suddenly visited without warning by his biological father, Touya Urushida—a man who never acknowledged him, paid no child support, and didn’t even attend his mother’s funeral.

Their first reunion in nearly a decade with this scoundrel.

“You must be wondering too, surely. Whether your mother’s death was really suicide.”

Dismissing his son’s scorn, Urushida reveals an unexpected purpose for his visit.

“There may be truths you cannot reach alone that we could uncover together if we combine our efforts. What do you say? At the very least, you have nothing to lose.”

Why did Konami Shichitane die?

Was her death truly suicide?

If not—who took her life?

Meritorious deeds for the deceased. Acts of goodness the living perform for the dead.

If uncovering the truth could bring peace to his mother’s soul, Harunya, who had always harbored suspicions about her suicide, sets aside his resentment and confronts these dark inquiries with his father.

Father and son.

Before the forty-ninth day concludes. Can they expose the hidden truth and guide Konami’s spirit to the afterlife?