Kazuo met Kayo—a hostess with an unglamorous appearance and a lack of overt sex appeal—at a bar; he began frequenting the establishment and eventually secured a date with her. On the day of the date, Kayo was dressed just as plainly as before; when Kazuo asked why, she explained that she was hiding burn marks. That night, the two became intimate in a hotel room, though Kayo refused to let him remove her yukata. Unable to suppress his curiosity, Kazuo undressed her while she slept, revealing burn scars on her thighs and linear scars across her abdomen...