Confessions by Kanae Minato
After calling off her engagement in wake of a tragic revelation, Yuko Moriguchi had nothing to live for except her only child, four-year-old Manami. Now, following an accident on the grounds of the middle school where she teaches, Yuko has given up and tendered her resignation. But first she has one last lecture to deliver. She tells a story that upends everything her students ever thought they knew about two of their peers, and sets in motion a maniacal plot for revenge.
Trigger & Content Warnings
- Misogyny
- Parental neglect & abandonment
- Transphobia mentioned & misgendering
- Depression
- HIV/AIDs (theme)*
- Grief & loss depiction
- Death of a father in a car accident mentioned
- Death of a mother from illness mentioned
- Murder of a daughter from drowning
- Attempted murder of a child from electrocution
- Murder of a teen girl from strangulation
- Mass death of a family from poisoning discussed (mother, father & child)
- Explosion, off-page
- Animal death & cruelty mentioned
*Context: A teacher purposefully infects the two teenage boys who murdered her daughter with HIV/AIDs. The aftereffects of being infected are explored in depth. Mentions of HIV+ stigma and how the teacher’s ex-husband is dying of HIV/AIDs.
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