Takeshi Yoshiki’s debut appearance and an absolute masterpiece!

The origin of the series that proved its author's innate genius returns in a definitive complete edition.

At the estimated time of death, the woman was aboard a sleeper express—

Detective Yoshiki tackles an impossible crime!

A woman’s body, skin flayed from her face, is discovered inside an apartment bathroom. Yet at the calculated time of death, the victim was riding the Hayabusa sleeper train...

Detective Takeshi Yoshiki of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department's First Investigation Division takes on the barrier of time and a "perfect crime"! Fusing a social-realist drama with a daring trick, this monumental work vividly established Soji Shimada's genius.