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**Fukutome Kai (21)**, who lives with his mother in **Shin-Ōkubo, Tokyo**, is attacked by a stranger while walking his childhood friend **Rika (21)** home after his mother **Sachie's (53)** birthday party. Kai and Rika manage to escape the scene for the time being, but days later, his best friend **Park Yoo-jun (21)**, a Korean-Japanese, is killed by that same man. Not only Yoo-jun, but Sachie and Rika are also caught in the aftermath. Rika is left unconscious and in critical condition, and **Sachie passes away**. Triggered by this tragedy, Kai uncovers several shocking truths: - Yoo-jun was a **spy for Country N**. - He has a **long-lost twin brother**, **Lim Jin**, a member of the hugely popular K-POP boy group **Little Gang**. - His estranged father, **Lim Do-hyeon (53)**, is living in **South Korea**. Kai's fate begins to shift dramatically overnight. To avenge his mother and his best friend, and to discover his roots, he travels alone to **Seoul**. **What awaits him there...!?** *Source: Amuse Creative Studio, translated*
"I really wanted my kids to see what this work means to me." On the eve of a major dam construction project that would keep him away from family for 10 years, a young civil engineer takes his wife and two kids on a holiday. A chance conversation with his young son brings back memories of a former boss, a veteran civil engineer who had taught him a few lessons when he was just starting out. Pondering the long assignment ahead of him, the young engineer wonders: “Civil engineers never
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A collection of gekiga stories from various authors from the days of kashihon manga. Considered to be an extremely influential series in the evolution of manga, being one of the first of the gekiga genre, and also to have been influential in bringing about the "cool Japan" phenomenon.
