Fujisawa Kongocho

Fujisawa Kongocho is the setting of the rescue of Yoshio Minegishi’s only son and the killing that follows in the story’s account. Its underground rooms conceal the kidnapping and armed violence; later, a brief item on a train’s news display turns the incident into a public report, giving a stark number to events that Lemon recalls as confused and difficult to count.

Setting and Rescue

Yoshio Minegishi’s only son had been held in a building in the Fujisawa Kongocho part of town, in a room three floors underground. Tangerine and Lemon broke him out. By nine in the morning, nine hours had passed since the rescue, and the young man was sitting between them on the train, appearing much recovered from the night before.

The Killing and Its Public Account

The train’s digital news display reported thirteen dead in the Fujisawa Kongocho killing and said that security cameras at the scene had been sabotaged. Lemon had taken part in the shooting in the underground room but could not confidently recall the total: he thought he had shot at least six people, probably more, while Tangerine had shot the rest. The report’s exact count stood against that uncertain recollection, converting a dark, chaotic episode into a concise public figure.

Narrative Significance

Fujisawa Kongocho links the rescue of Minegishi’s son to the violence surrounding it. The location first appears as a concealed place of captivity, then returns through the news as the site of a mass killing. That change in scale—from the immediate rescue and the men’s incomplete memories to a report naming thirteen dead—shows how the same incident is experienced privately and recorded publicly.