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霧の中 ~ In the Fog
A bit-by-bit translation of the Japanese autobiographical novel “Kiri no Naka” by Sagawa Issei
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霧の中 ~ In the Fog 
dewd~! thankyu so much for posting this!!!! >.<
Thank you very much for translating and posting this! I was saddened to see that it wasn’t published in English, but I’m very happy to see that someone has taken it on of their own accord.
Thank you for showing an interest.
please give us therest of this sagawa flesh eating saga, Renee sounds likea nice gal,,any pics of her? benice to see what see lookd like beforethat jerk butchered her
ahhhhhhh i really hate u issei u should be hanged to death in paris
Where was this book published and who published it? I need to cite it.
Try rewording your request. Your need is not my concern.
This is amazing thank you for doing this!
I have been looking for ” Kiri no Naka” for a long time only to find out that it was in japanese only..you are my hero for translating this..i know you didnt do it to be someones hero but thank you alot anyways:D
I cannot wait for more, excited to read the whole thing thank you!
When it will be translated the entire book?
Your guess is as good as mine.
SICK as hell! And this dude runs around in japan ? As a free man ??? How the devil is this possible ? And made and still makes money out of this ??? Thank you for sharing your work but somehow I feel ashamed as well reading this…
Hi I’ve been researching about Sagawa and i found he wrote some other books and he has acted in some movies as well but it’s difficult (not to say impossible) to find them… do you have any of those apart from “in the fog”?
Thank you very much.
Hi Jennifer,
I just did a quick Japanese Amazon search and came up with a few titles (all in Japanese). One is called “Gouka” (業火), which means hellfire or brimstone, another has the added English title “Paris Cannibal Massacre,” yet another is called “Kyouki ni Arazu” (狂気にあらず!?), which I’m guessing means “Far from Insane,” and has the subtitle “Paris Human Flesh Incident,” and another is called “Kyou – Cannibal” (“Kyou” here means “feast”). Some have been joint efforts with famed British writer Colin Wilson.
Sagawa has turned his crime into a mini industry. He sometimes appears on Japanese TV following some horrific incident to give his opinion as an expert. Ironically, he was spotted a few years back at an anti-Afghanistan war demo calling for the United States to “stop killing innocent people.”
According to his Wiki page, he has had 13 of his own books published and three joint works, two with Wilson.
Here’s the Amazon Japan list.
He also seems to have appeared in a few films, including the soft porn flick お天気お姉さん (Otenki Oneesan), translated into English as “Weather Woman.” http://www.sarudama.com/japanese_movies/weather_woman.shtml
Hope that helps.
Hi, is there gonna be a Chapter 3 (p. 56) ? 😦
Of course. I’m just super busy at the moment with work, etc.
Thank you!!!
I have searched to long for this…. Can you PLEASE upload more??
Thank you Jane. The potent mix of laziness and business has kept me away. I must make more effort.
is there any way i can get this book?
As far as I know, it is only available in Japanese. Hence the translation.
Just found out about In the Fog while reading Cannibals by Jimmy Lee Shreeve. Shreeve quotes from the book in English, but doesn’t mention any specific translation in the bibliography. It could be his own or one he had made privately. Anyway, many thanks for translating it, and hope you overcome your laziness and business soon!
Welcome, and thank you for the kick up the arse. I’ll be back at it soon. Tokyo summers provide every excuse not to do anything.
Yours is the only english translation i can find on the internet. Is there even a chance you are going to translate the whole book? If I knew you would stop in between i wouldn’t have started reading it. Now i want to know what happens next. Please consider getting back on it. i will remain ever grateful for your efforts and i’m sure i’m not alone when i say this.
Apologies to everyone. I ran into a difficult section, then got sidetracked moving house (twice) and am now concentrating on my next adventure, which starts in March 2015. I promise to get back onto this during this week. However, no promises I will finish anytime soon. It’s entirely up to how I feel.
Thanks for the translation! Looking forward to reading the rest of it.
Thank you
THANK YOU SO MUCH ! YOU HAVE NO IDEA HOW MUCH YOU’VE MADE MY DAY. PLEASE DO NOT STOP UNTIL YOU’RE DONE. ALOT OF US CAN’T WAIT. thank you again for your beautiful translation. dont stop ! 🙂
Many thanks. I took time off to cycle from Tokyo to London. I’m now back in Japan after 1.5 years and ready to pick up from where I left off.
Are you ever going to finish the translation? I find his story very disturbing and fascinating at the same time.
Many thanks. I took time off to cycle from Tokyo to London. I’m now back in Japan after 1.5 years and ready to pick up from where I left off.
Hot digity! I thought you abandoned the project. I can’t wait to read more!
Thanks for your patience. I’ve recently moved to an old house in a mountain village in Japan so busy making the place livable. Hope to restart the translation soon.
You actually stated that wonderfully!|
Stated what wonderfully?
Guess we will never find out. That cliffhanger though.
thank you very much! thank you for sharing your knowledge and time. thank youuuuuuuu!
You’re welcome. I’m glad people are dropping by. Cyclist friend staying at the moment so translation is momentarily on hold. More soon.
i wish you would continue translating a bit faster
i am fastinated about issei and it seems he really has some writing skills . it took you 10 years to translate 70 pages cmoon 😀 you can do better my friend still thanks though
Gimme some money
Thanks so much! I need to read this
Thank you for showing an interest.
thank you for translation been wanting to read for so long excited for future chapters
In the last few days/weeks I imformated me a lot about issei and his life, and his inspiration for doing these gross things.
I would love to see one of his interviews in the japanese TV and more things about him so if anyone could help me out I would be appreciating that a lot.
Go to the boxes on the right hand side of this blog. There are YouTube links.
Would you consider sharing pictures of the original book in a pdf form?
There are no pics
is there any chance you could be finishing this book? i’ve taken a fascination to this case and i would love to have this book translated fully. also do you happen to have any free japanese pdfs of this book? i’m japanese so i can read it just didn’t want to pay for it lol
You don’t want to pay for a book? Why not?
i’m 17 but my parents are super strict and they control everything i purchase i don’t think they’ll be too thrilled if they find out i bought a book written by a cannibal
Fair enough. But I recommend you buying books written by non-cannibals. Authors should be rewarded for their work, as should musicians.
so i got ahold of the book and i started translating it, i picked up where you left off and i’ve done about 7 pages so far and i just wanted to know if you were interested in maybe adding my translation onto yours? i could send mine to you every time i’m finished with a page and of course you’re free to make my translations sound more sophisticated i’m not very good at writing 😅
I purchased the book and did a pdf of it. When you’ll be 18 I’ll send it to you no problem 🙂
really? thank you so much i’ve been really interested in this case and i’ve been wanting to read this book
Yes! give me a contact and we’ll get in touch.
my discord is kiryuin#8806 if you don’t have discord my instagram is @isthistheworldthatwecreated 🙂