Happiness #07 (Happiness #7) - Happiness #07

Shuzo Oshimi

Kodansha

2018

192 páginas

6h 24m

ISBN-13: 9784065107188

Gosho sneaks into the commune—a cult called Blood of Happiness—at night, drawn to its church and the basement. She is accosted by angry inhabitants, who suspect her of being with media, but Sakurane—their leader—appears and welcomes her as a guest. The next morning, she meets Sakurane and he admits to her at knifepoint that both Okazaki and Yuuki are in the basement. She attends their assembly, where everyone is wearing hoods and chanting, and Sakurane makes her give a blood offering into a chalice to their "gods". He takes her into the basement, where she finds an unresponsive Yuuki in a cell, and Sakurane feeds him the blood. Sakurane threatens to slit Gosho's throat to attempt to rouse Yuuki, but he doesn't react, and Sakurane locks her in with him to try to get him to talk. Over the course of five days, Sakurane increasingly cuts and tortures her when he doesn't get results. Kiyoshi—a boy in the commune who takes an interest in Gosho—runs into Sudo sneaking around at night. Sudo supplicates for Gosho's whereabouts, but when he calls Sakurane a killer, Kiyoshi alerts others and Sudo is knocked unconscious. When he comes to, he demands to see Gosho and Sakurane takes him to the church. When he sees Gosho's state, Sudo becomes enraged and charges at Sakurane, who draws a knife.