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Plot Summary of Euphorie d'Automne
"Fujitaro Wata, a Tokyo private detective, has to help one ex-famous singer, Michiko Sawayo, against the Yakuza. She was involved, years ago, in a love story with an accountant of the Japanese Mafia. He was killed, but the money disappeared. Wata will discover in this story the dark side of Tokyo."
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Plot

Composition of Book
descript. of violence and chases - 10%
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 20%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 40%
How society works & physical descript. (people, objects, places) - 30%




Tone of story - Dry-cynical
Time/era of story: - 1980's-1999
Kid or adult book? - Adult or Young Adult Book
Crime Thriller Yes
General Crime (including known murderer) Yes
Who's the criminal enemy here? - Oriental crime gang

Main Character
Gender - Male
Profession/status: - private investigator
Age: - 40's-50's
Eccentric/Mental: Yes
Eccentric: - eccentric
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events? Yes
How much violence does he/she use? - none
Ethnicity/Race - Japanese
How sensitive is this character? - sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor - Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence - Average intelligence
Physique - quite fatty

Main Adversary
Identity: - Male
Profession/status: - Prince/Nobleman/King
Has special powers? Yes
Magical/mental powers of main antagonist: - mind reading - mind control - can see into the future - can cast all sorts of spells - can read emotions
Eccentric: Yes - wild
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in: - a moderate amount
Motive of antagonist - power
The antagonists are: - foreign organized crime
How sensitive is this character? - hard edged
Sense of humor - Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence - Genius
Physique - physically sick

Setting
Asia/Pacific Yes
City? Yes
Misc setting - sewers/subways

Style
Part of a series? Yes
Person - mostly 3rd
Accounts of torture and death? - generic/vague references to death/punishment
How many deaths? - 0 (not a murder mystery)
Amount of dialog - roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
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