Mai, an aspiring writer of pure romance novels, became an apprentice to Rokujūrō Kuwahata—a titan of the erotic fiction world—at the urging of her publisher. Whenever Rokujūrō hit a wall with his writing, he would prey upon his editors to get his pen moving again. Although he had originally written pure romance, he switched to erotic fiction after being sued for sexual harassment by a female assistant; he now vented the resulting frustration on his editors. Mai soon found herself falling victim to Rokujūrō’s predatory behavior...