Blue Blanket (Sekizawa novel)

Blue Blanket (青い毛布, Aoi mōfu) is a 1992 Japanese mystery horror novel by Ryotaro Sekizawa, his first full-fledged novel, and the first in a trilogy of horror novels, followed by Red Tent (1994) and Yellow House (2000). The story is loosely inspired by the real life Blue Blanket murders from the 1900s, but transported to contemporary Japan.

The book was a massive bestseller than expected and brought Sekizawa even more literarry appreciation after years of being a Manga writer and illustrator. The story was first adapted for TV in 1996 before it was adpated in animation in 2002 by Moshi Kawara, the first in a trilogy based on Sekizawa's novels.

Plot synopsis
After 4 people mysteriously dissapear one winter night in Tokyo, Radio DJ Takei Jiro, a brother to one of the dissapeared, announces he will launch an investigation himself, which results in his co-workers laughing him off due to his reputation for outrageous antics, but he insists he will take it seriously. Later that night, he recieves a mysterious message from someone named simply "The Blue Blanket" warning him not to do the investigation, he takes this as some sort of prank, just then, the lights mysteriously go out before coming back on, another message appears reading "You Will Regret This..."

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Characters
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Adaptations
After the publication of the book several adaptations were made, including a manga adaptation of the novel which was released in 1997.

Films

 * Blue Blanket (1996)
 * Blue Blanket (2002)

Manga

 * Blue Blanket (3 volumes) (1997)