“Debt-ridden teen joins demon boy band to repay Yakuza, risking being eaten by supernatural creatures.”
Paradistar
パラダイスター
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Debt-ridden teen joins demon boy band to repay Yakuza, risking being eaten by supernatural creatures.
While being chased by the Yakuza for his family’s debt, Chiba Tamao runs into a man who wants to “eat him”, named Kurotengu. Kurotengu ends up saving Chiba’s life, and in the process it’s revealed that Kuro is actually a mo no noke *type of Japanese demon* called a Tengu. Now a “friend” of Kuro’s has paid of Tamao’s debt to the Yakuza, but to pay him back, Tamao needs to work with Kuro in a boy band, while at the same time risking himself to be “eaten” by mo no noke. (Source: ANN)
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A Manga Publication
- Format 11 × 2 ch × vol
- Total read 1h 28m approx
- Published Dec 2003 – Mar 2004
- Source Manga media type
- Ref. BS-M7420 catalog