Strangulation: Kubishime Romanticist is the debut work of author NISIOISIN. It is the second volume in the Zaregoto series.

It’s easy to love a person but difficult to continue doing so. Just as murdering a person is easy but continuing to do so is difficult. Unable, probably innately, to look away from the truth under any circumstances, a sincere, honest guy who’s lived thus far without grasping the notion of deceit—namely me—encountered in May a serial killer named Hitoshiki Zerozaki. He was a knife of a will, a knife of a dynamic, and a knife of nonsense.

A follow-up to NISIOISIN's unforgettable debut novel Decapitation, this revised North American edition of Kubishime Romanticist features a new cover and color insert by beloved series illustrator Take.