Tokyo, September, 1971. The bodies of a wealthy couple, Rintaro Oki and his wife Junko, are found in their house. At first, police suspect that Oki's nephew Takahiro is the criminal, but a friend of him, Akihito Sugiura, gives him an alibi. After that it's concluded that Oki's driver Shuuji Tazawa is the criminal. Tazawa will commit suicide one week later and the case is closed. Thirty-three years later, December 2004, Hoshi Sugiura is engaged to the receptionist of the company, Keiko. Later, a happy Hoshi comes from the blessing party to home and discovers his father Akihito hanging corpse. Police concludes that he committed suicide. Hoshi recalls his father having said the morning of that day something about reading an old diary. The content of the diary tell the story of how he gave an alibi to Takahiro concerning a crime in the house of a married couple 33 years ago. When Hoshi question a friend of his father, who came to make a visit of condolence, closely about that incident, he advice him to forget it if he want to be happy. Later he receive a phone call from his fiance shouting "Help." He goes quickly to her house and find her near dead after being assaulted. Hoshi thought the cause of his father's death is related to that past crime and begins to examine that time newspapers in the library. He obtain proofs that his father's death is a murder and is determined to expose the crime. He receive a threatening call and later is abducted receiving a brutal assault from yakuza henchmen, his male function being lost as consequence. One year later, November 2005. Hechmen of the yakuza's Kuroishi clan gets killed by a beautiful woman, and a butterfly's specimen is left near the bodies. Hoshi is now living in the house of Keiko, a transvestite that helped him after the assault, and lives as a woman by the name of Kaoru. The revenge of Hoshi is just starting.

*The person I love will die.* At that time, I was in love. We only met alone twice. I hadn't told anyone yet, and our love had just begun. But then he was killed by someone. I don't think it was because I was in love with him, but... I never thought that "falling in love" could make someone unhappy. (Source: Shueisha, translated)

Married at the age of 19 for 10 years, Murasaki had established herself as Miss Ryuseikai, which occupies the entire Higashi-Shinjuku area. However, her beloved husband, Ryusei Takasaki, the first president of the Ryusei Kai, suddenly passes away. In her grief, Takasaki's last will and testament was something she could not believe...

Cover image is from the 1990 edition. Cannot find 1984 cover image.