Author · 青竹すず·Japanese
In a ledger left at a hot spring inn, the name of a teacher on a school assignment has vanished.
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Opening scene
On a rainy evening, Botchan discovers a peculiar roll call ledger at a Daito hot spring inn. The teachers, described to the principal as "educational inspectors," have one name missing from the guest register from the very start. Yamaarashi rages openly, the Red Shirts smile politely to cover their tracks, and the inn maid whispers that "there was one extra person last night." The school's petty bravado and sense of face begin to twist into something strange against the backdrop of the hot spring steam.
