“Emu inherits father's debt, faces loan shark coercion, until past acquaintance offers shocking proposition.”
Fortune Favors a Smile
笑う鬼には福きたる
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Emu inherits father's debt, faces loan shark coercion, until past acquaintance offers shocking proposition.
Sanpaku-eyed Emu Ikariya is a young man who has known poverty and hardship since childhood. After the sudden death of his alcoholic father, he is approached by a loan shark who informs him that he has inherited his father's debt. Just as he is being coerced into dubious work to pay it off, a face from his past appears with a shocking proposition. (Source: Hero Scans)
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A Manga Publication
- Format 20 × 3 ch × vol
- Total read 2h 40m approx
- Published Jan 2017 – Aug 2020
- Source Manga media type
- Ref. BS-M49430 catalog