2004年に急逝した小説家、中島らも。その破天荒な人生と、彼独自の世界観が反映された作品群は、今読んでも色褪せることなく、彼の死後も世代を超えて愛読され続けている。 　　 　　そんな彼が亡くなる直前に書き上げた最期の短編小説が『DECO-CHIN』だ。 　　ミュージシャンの道に挫折し、カウンターカルチャー誌の副編集長となった主人公が、あるバンドとの出会いによって自らの肉体改造をもって覚醒する愛の物語。

Kawanishi Kyu and Tomoda Ryoji, two waifs, are inmates of a Reform School. One night, the boys succeed in a mass escape and split up. Kyu and Ryoji hear the sirens shrieking behind them and panic. Kyu pretends he has been hit by a small truck and Ryoji demands that they be taken to a hospital, little dreaming that Nagai, the driver, is the official guardian of juveniles. The next morning the two boys hear a light knock, and Nagai's daughter, Noriko enters, but surprise is changed to fear as they see her father approaching with Kume, the Juvenile Officer. Their one thought is escape but Kyu discovers his leg is stiff and it pains him to move. In the excitement, he had not realized he had really been hit by the truck. He sends Ryoji away while he waits alone for Officer Kume. Nagai takes Kyu under his wing, while Ryoji finds himself again in the hard-boiled world.

A late night talk show.

In this satire, a police detectiveis investigating the disappearance and kidnapping of the host of a television dance show. However, instead of finding his man, he is trapped into becoming a contestant on a children's quiz show. What's worse is that he becomes a very successful contestant.