Old boy / Tsuchiya, Garon

Goto discovers the identity of the man who had him imprisoned for ten long years and that his ordeal originated with a schoolyard grudge, but he is disturbed to learn that he must continue to spar with this enemy in order to protect his friends. Contains adult content.

"Ten years ago, they took him. He doesn't know who. For ten years he has been confined in a private prison. He doesn't know why. For ten years his only contact with the outside world has been a television set and the voices of his jailers. In time, he lost himself. He changed -- transformed himself into something else-- something hard-- something lethal. Suddenly one day, his incarceration ends, again without explanation. He is sedated, stuffed inside a trunk, and dumped in a park. When he awakes, he is free to reclaim what's left of his life-- and what's left is revenge"--Publisher's website.

Goto is spurred onward in a deadly game in which he must contact the woman who taught the sixth grade class where he offended a boy who became his nemesis, which led to the secret imprisonment of Goto for ten years.

"Ten years ago, they took him. He doesn't know who. For ten years he has been confined in a private prison. He doesn't know why. For ten years his only contact with the outside world has been a television set and the voices of his jailers. In time, he lost himself. He changed -- transformed himself into something else-- something hard-- something lethal. Suddenly one day, his incarceration ends, again without explanation. He is sedated, stuffed inside a trunk, and dumped in a park. When he awakes, he is free to reclaim what's left of his life-- and what's left is revenge"--Publisher's website.

Goto has one last chance to decipher why his wealthy former schoolmate has kept him prisoner for a decade--or face death along with the girl he loves.

"Ten years ago, they took him. He doesn't know who. For ten years he has been confined in a private prison. He doesn't know why. For ten years his only contact with the outside world has been a television set and the voices of his jailers. In time, he lost himself. He changed -- transformed himself into something else-- something hard-- something lethal. Suddenly one day, his incarceration ends, again without explanation. He is sedated, stuffed inside a trunk, and dumped in a park. When he awakes, he is free to reclaim what's left of his life-- and what's left is revenge"--Publisher's website.

Goto is led from one dead end to another in disovering his tormentor's identity until he receives a tip that an old classmate may have been behind his ten year imprisonment. It's been years since he's since his schoolmate and he looks much different. Has Goto finally found the truth or has he swallowed more false bait?.

Having been released after his ten years of unexplained imprisonment, Goto has only a cell-phone as a link to his abductor and discovering the reason for his decade in Hell.