【死刑より重刑】返ってくる罪の連鎖。まさに生き地獄、因果応報刑とは....（マンガ動画）

Summary

The video follows a man whose resentment turns to murder. After women avoid him because of his appearance and temper, he mistakes one woman’s kindness for romantic interest. When she rejects him, he kills her. Though he briefly regrets the murder, he soon becomes exhilarated by the power he felt over her. He escapes suspicion and later plans further attacks more carefully.

His next attempted murder is interrupted by police. Convinced he can hide his earlier crimes, he initially denies everything. But a lie detector and truth serum expose his confession to 53 murders. He becomes the first person sentenced to the fictional punishment of “karmic retribution,” described as worse than execution.

Rather than being killed, he is made to relive his victims’ suffering. A scientist’s nanomachines use cellular memories from the victims’ remains to reproduce their experiences in the prisoner’s brain, making him feel their pain as if it were happening again. The machines also heal his injuries, preventing him from escaping the punishment by dying. The technology is being developed to create useful medical cells, with convicts serving as test subjects.

The killer’s excuses—calling a murder an accident and insisting he should not be punished—fall flat as he learns he may have to endure this for another 200 years. His repeated pleas for forgiveness go unanswered, leaving him trapped in a cycle of simulated torment. The grim irony is that his supposedly “merciful” alternative to execution becomes a drawn-out living hell.

Characters

• Minami Koji — The murderer, as identified in the subtitles
• The first victim — The woman he kills after mistaking her kindness for romantic interest
• The arresting detective
• Sakama — The person overseeing his punishment
• Kijo — The scientist behind the nanomachine research
• Other guards and researchers