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Human Chair

人間椅子

A woman enters a quiet, dusty furniture store with a simple goal: to find a comfortable chair. The elderly proprietor, sensing her interest, becomes strangely animated. He directs her attention not to the fine pieces on display, but to a single, unassuming armchair, insisting she must know its story before considering any purchase.

What unfolds is a confession of monstrous artistry and psychological decay. The tale reveals the chair's creator, a man so consumed by loneliness and a warped desire for connection that he conceived a method to be perpetually close to another human being. His solution was a horrifying fusion of craftsmanship and flesh, transforming himself into the very furniture he built.

This narrative, adapted from Edogawa Rampo's classic short story, explores the depths of obsession and the terrifying physical manifestation of a broken psyche, leaving the listener—and the reader—to question the boundaries of the human form and the silent histories embedded in everyday objects.

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