“Shuuji, a teacher, is blackmailed by his half-brother Kazuomi using a compromising photo and past injuries.”
Nail and Thorn
爪と棘
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Shuuji, a teacher, is blackmailed by his half-brother Kazuomi using a compromising photo and past injuries.
Nanao Shuuji left his hometown where his family runs a well-known chain of supermarkets, and became a part-time teacher at a cram school. One day the son of his father's mistress, Takatou Kazuomi, appears before him. Shuuji once confronted Kazuomi's mother, and also injured Kazuomi as well. Kazuomi made use of Shuuji's weakness in order to keep getting financial aid from his father, and ordered Shuuji to help him, while blackmailing Shuuji with a particular photo...?! (Source: Paradise Love Scanlations)
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A Manga Publication
- Format 6 × 1 ch × vol
- Total read 0h 48m approx
- Published Mar 2014 – Jan 2015
- Source Manga media type
- Ref. BS-M30075 catalog