Between August 1988 and July 1989, Japan was haunted by an unimaginable nightmare. Tsutomu Miyazaki, later unmasked as the infamous “Otaku Killer,” lured four innocent girls into a world of unspeakable horror. His crimes defied comprehension: mutilation, cannibalism, and the cold documentation of his atrocities through the lens of his own camera. As if murder were not enough, he taunted grieving families with grotesque trophies — remains of their lost children delivered like poisoned gifts.
Who was this man? A shy, obsessive collector of anime and horror films, or a monster feeding on the darkest corners of human desire?
In Rat-Man: The Otaku Killer
, Alexandre Bodécot plunges into the abyss of Miyazaki’s fractured psyche, piecing together a chilling portrait from psychiatric evaluations, court transcripts, prison notes, and the killer’s own diary. The result is not just the story of a murderer, but a descent into madness itself — an intimate encounter with one of Japan’s most terrifying figures, whose crimes still reverberate like a curse.
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