“Detective Shiba and his spy informant "S" face danger when warned of betrayal within the crime syndicate.”
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Detective Shiba and his spy informant "S" face danger when warned of betrayal within the crime syndicate.
Shiba is a detective in the fifth anti-organized crime division of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police, a.k.a. "Anti-Gang 5" specializing in handgun seizures. Shiba's secret weapon is "S" ("spy"), an informant who plays a key role in Shiba's information gathering. Shiba is training an informant who has been officially accepted into Shinjuku's Matsukura Group within the Budoha crime syndicate. One day, Shiba awakes to an anonymous phone call. "Watch out for your S." A tale of two men whose lust, pride and loneliness collide! (Source: DMP/June)
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A Light novel Publication
- Format 36 × 4 ch × vol
- Total read 4h 48m approx
- Published Feb 2005 – ongoing
- Source Light novel media type
- Ref. BS-M4434 catalog