Twenty-year-old Kenji is a Japanese "nightlife" guide for foreigners—he navigates gaijin men around the sex clubs and hostess bars of Tokyo.

He finds himself closing out the end of the year accompanying Frank around Shinjuku, wondering if his strange, plastic-skinned patron could be responsible for the gruesome events recently reported in the news.

Kenji's time with Frank notes several American products or hotspots that Japanese people are apparently very familiar with, e.g. "Niketown," a large Nike department store in Manhattan which remained open until 2017.

While Kenji focuses on these consumerist details to reveal how Frank is suspicious, the third chapter revisits them to underscore how the specific characters were not only lonely, but dealing with their loneliness through unabated consumption.

In this regard, an English language review from Dr. Yoshiko Yokochi Samuel starkly notes: "The entire final chapter, in which the twin themes are highlighted in a static, no-action setting, is, in fact, the weakest part of this otherwise effective horror story.