{"rewrite":{"id":"r_dd40cf9b74a0f7a36b864b64","clusterId":"c_db58614e1a4c6cde109dcb37","slug":"jounetsu-tairiku-trails-horror-writer-suneji-ahead-of-midsummer-season","model":"deepseek-v4-flash","headline":"Jounetsu Tairiku Trails Horror Writer Suneji Ahead of Midsummer Season","summary":"TBS's documentary program Jounetsu Tairiku will feature horror writer Suneji, who became a symbol of the recent horror boom after her debut web novel, About a Certain Place in the Kinki Region, surpassed 22 million page views and later sold over 1 million copies as a book. The show followed her since May, capturing her daily life and work during the busy midsummer horror season. It airs August 30 at 23:10 on MBS/TBS, with streaming on TVer.","whyItMatters":"The program's close-up look at Suneji's daily life and creative process, including her view that horror's main characters are people, not ghosts, frames the writer behind the boom's biggest hit as a subject of mainstream documentary interest.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eThe documentary follows Suneji through meetings with publishers, writing at home, and walks with her dog, finding no horror atmosphere in her routine. When staff pressed her about it, her answer pointed to her stated approach: she does not deliberately seek scary things, and she sees people, not ghosts, as horror\u0026#39;s true main characters.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe program has tracked her since May, as her schedule filled ahead of the horror season. Her debut work, About a Certain Place in the Kinki Region, used mockumentary techniques and became a film by director Koji Shiraishi in August 2025, recording 1.56 billion yen at the box office. Her later works include About a Pilgrimage to Defiled Sacred Sites, A Survey About Mouths, and Eyes, with a film adaptation of A Survey About Mouths directed by Takashi Shimizu due in July 2026.\u003c/p\u003e","blueskyPost":"Jounetsu Tairiku follows horror writer Suneji from May through the busy midsummer season. She says she doesn't go looking for scary things and that horror's main characters are people, not ghosts. Airs Aug 30 on MBS/TBS, also on TVer.","twitterPost":"Jounetsu Tairiku's Suneji special airs Aug 30 on MBS/TBS. The program followed her since May, finding no horror in her daily routine. Her debut work passed 22 million page views and the film took 1.56 billion yen.","threadsPost":null,"newsletterBlurb":"TBS's Jounetsu Tairiku turns its camera on horror writer Suneji, the author behind About a Certain Place in the Kinki Region. The program, which followed her since May, airs August 30 and explores her view that horror's main characters are people, not ghosts.","attributionJson":"[{\"source\":\"KAI-YOU\",\"url\":\"https://kai-you.net/article/96333\",\"title\":\"TBS's \\\"Jounetsu Tairiku\\\" closely follows horror writer Suneji, revealing how the pioneer of the boom finds \\\"fear\\\"\"}]","lintFlagsJson":null,"lintHits":0,"costUsd":0,"inputTokens":4561,"outputTokens":672,"status":"published","repairAttempts":0,"nextRepairAt":null,"factsAttemptedAt":1787943722,"createdAt":"2026-08-28T18:54:44.000Z","publishedAt":"2026-08-28T18:56:45.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-08-28T18:54:44.000Z"},"cluster":{"id":"c_db58614e1a4c6cde109dcb37","canonicalTitle":"TBS「情熱大陸」がホラー作家 背筋に密着　ブームの旗手が明かす“恐怖”の見つけ方","representativeArticleId":"a_04d4c487ce61048efb39af5b","sourceCount":1,"writtenSourceCount":1,"writeAttempts":0,"isSolo":true,"entitiesJson":"{\"anime_titles\":[],\"manga_titles\":[],\"work_titles\":[\"Jōnetsu Tairiku\",\"Kinki Chihō no Aru Basho ni Tsuite\"],\"studios\":[],\"people\":[\"Sukima\"],\"type\":\"news\",\"domain\":\"other\",\"is_roundup\":false}","contentType":"news","status":"published","firstSeenAt":"2026-08-24T04:04:00.000Z","lastSeenAt":"2026-08-24T04:04:00.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-08-28T18:56:47.000Z"},"attribution":[{"source":"KAI-YOU","url":"https://kai-you.net/article/96333","title":"TBS「情熱大陸」がホラー作家 背筋に密着　ブームの旗手が明かす“恐怖”の見つけ方"}],"entities":{"anime_titles":[],"manga_titles":[],"work_titles":["Jōnetsu Tairiku","Kinki Chihō no Aru Basho ni Tsuite"],"studios":[],"people":["Sukima"],"type":"news","domain":"other","is_roundup":false},"keyFacts":null}