地方の国立大に通う「心」は東京にあるモデル事務所に所属しながらアイドルを目指していた。ある日彼女は教育実習に遅れそうになり、車を学校近くにあるマンションの駐車場に無断で停めてしまう。

実習が終わり、車に戻ると警察と駐車場の借り主が待っていた。懸命に事情を説明して謝るが借り主は許してくれない。困り果てた「心」の窮地を救ったのが「優」だった。

その後、二人は再び偶然の出会いを果たし知らぬ間に惹かれ合っていく。二人の年齢差は30歳。

親子ほどの年の差は二人には関係なかった。「優」は地方の公立高校で30年以上勤めて何不自由なく暮らしていたが、「心」との出会いは「優」の人生を大きく変えることとなる。

昭和に生まれ、定年まで５年と迫ったときに自分の人生を振り返りこのままでいいのかと自問自答した「優」は何か物足りないものを感じていた。

そこに突然、表れた「心」。二人の関係がどうなっていくか、ドキドキハラハラのラブコメディー。

「わたなべかつヤ」処女作です。

Synopsis.

Kokoro,” a student at a local national university, is working for a modeling agency in Tokyo, aiming to become an idol. One day, she is late for her teaching practice and parks her car in a parking lot of an apartment near her school without permission.

When she returned to her car after the exercise, the police and the owner of the parking lot were waiting for her. She tries her best to explain the situation and apologize, but the renter refuses to forgive her. It was “Yu” who saved “Kokoro” from his predicament.

Later, the two meet again by chance and are unknowingly attracted to each other. The age difference between them is 30 years.

The age difference between them was as big as a parent and child, but it did not matter to them. Yuu had been working at a local public high school for more than 30 years and had lived a life without any inconvenience, but his encounter with Kokoro changed his life drastically.

Born in the Showa era (1926-1989), when he was five years away from retirement, “Yu” looked back on his life and asked himself if he could go on like this, and he felt something was missing.

Then, all of a sudden, “Kokoro” appears. What will happen to their relationship in this thrilling romantic comedy?

This is the first work by Katsuya Watanabe.

どこにでもいる普通のサラリーマンが一攫千金を夢見て、詐欺師の誘いに乗って多額の借金を抱えてしまう。彼はどうしてもお金が欲しくて、怪しいと知りながら詐欺師の言葉を信じる。

つぎつぎと詐欺師たちは男性にメールを送りつける。彼は誰にも相談することなく詐欺師の要求に応えていく。

泥沼にはまったように彼は借金に次ぐ借金を重ねていく。気がつくと彼の借金総額は数千万円に達していた。

詐欺師たちは男性にここをクリアすれば大金が手に入ると甘い言葉をかけ、彼からの送金を促していく。

もし、彼がどこかのタイミングで誰かに相談していれば事情はかなり変わっていたかも知れない。

「お金が欲しい」という彼の心を巧みに操り、お金を奪っていく詐欺師たち。誰にでも起こりうる詐欺の実態を実話を元に小説化した問題作。

決して人ごとではない、リアルな心理を忠実に再現しているとのコメントやレビューが寄せられている。

警察などしかるべき機関にぜひ見てもらいたいという声も聞かれました。

どちらもAmazon Kindleで反響がありました

皆さんもぜひ一度お読みいただければ幸いです

Synopsis.

An ordinary salaryman dreams of getting rich and ends up in a huge debt after being lured by a con man. He desperately wants money, so he believes the scammers’ words even though he knows they are dubious.

One after another, the scammers send the man emails. He responds to the scammers’ demands without consulting anyone.

As if stuck in a mire, he racks up debt after debt. Before he knew it, his total debt had reached tens of millions of yen.

The scammers sweet-talk the man into sending them money by telling him that he can get a large sum of money if he clears this section.

If he had consulted someone at some point, the situation might have been quite different.

The scammers manipulate his mind that he “wants money,” and take it from him. This is a novel based on a true story about a scam that could happen to anyone.

The book has received comments and reviews saying that it faithfully reproduces the real psychology that is never a person’s business.

Some said they would love for the police and other appropriate agencies to see it.

Both were echoed by Amazon Kindle!

We hope you will all give it a read!