“Longtime friends Ritsuro and Ken's relationship turns into a dark love triangle involving prostitution and emotional conflict.”
I Shall Never Return
ぼくはこのまま帰らない
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Longtime friends Ritsuro and Ken's relationship turns into a dark love triangle involving prostitution and emotional conflict.
Upbeat Ritsuro and downbeat Ken have been longtime friends. Although Ken leads a dark life of prostitution after dropping out of high school, Ritsuro still cares about him. When Ritsuro realizes that what Ken wants is something more than friendship he vacillates between Ken and his girlfriend Moeko, setting the stage for a bizarre love triangle.
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A Manga Publication
- Format 30 × 5 ch × vol
- Total read 4h 00m approx
- Published Oct 1992 – Sep 1996
- Source Manga media type
- Ref. BS-M1409 catalog