Synopsis
Kōji Nanjō is one of the most successful rock stars in Japan with his hauntingly beautiful voice and very attractive features. But beneath all the fame and glamour lies a damaged and hurt young man who has absolutely no happiness or interest in life.
One night after a string of bar-hopping, Kōji passes out in a heap of trash in the middle of a rainstorm. He is found and later cared for by Takuto Izumi, a soccer prodigy. Despite the fact that Izumi is a complete stranger, he moves Kōji deeply and Kōji soon develops an intense obsession with Izumi. It is later revealed that the reason Kōji sings is to find the person who he fell in love at first sight, which occurred six years before the current story. It was 'Izumi', and Kōji thought that the person he saw was a girl, the boys in attendance was talking about 'Serika Izumi' and Kōji was asking the 'Takuto Izumi', the one that looks through him. When Izumi Takuto looked at him with anger—he knew that Izumi is the person he was looking for. His body went into shock and his obsession to Izumi knows no bounds.
As Kōji forces himself more and more into Izumi's life, he exposes both Izumi and those closest to Izumi to his dangerous lifestyle and extremely dysfunctional family. Takuto's little brother asked Kōji if he was gay and Kōji replies: 'No, I am not gay. I am only in love with Takuto, even if you are twins I can only love Takuto.' There were times during their relationship, when the hurdles became too difficult to face. In the midst of it, Kōji lost his voice temporarily, forcing him to go back to his brother and family.
Due to the manga artist's illness at that time, the manga ended at volume 19 without a proper ending. When she recovered, she drew the dojinshi Ai ni Obore, Ai ni Shisu (愛に溺れ、愛にしす, lit. Drowning in Love, Too much Love?, also known as Dekishi (溺死, lit. Death by Drowning)), to give readers a proper 'final meeting' scene.
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