This nonfiction work is the retitled and expanded book edition of Gokusai-shiki no Rōgoku, winner of the 31st Shogakukan Nonfiction Grand Prize. Through prison visits, courtroom observation, and interviews with people around her, it follows the woman known as Itadaki Joshi Riri-chan, who was arrested for spreading schemes to defraud men, and explores the desire and isolation behind the case.

A record of reporting that is drawn into, shaken by, and still confronts the world of Itadaki Joshi Riri-chan.