Rika
リカ
Synopsis
Perfect middle-schooler Nishizawa Kazuya hides inner struggles behind his flawless, responsible image.
It's about a boy named Nishizawa Kazuya who is in 2nd year of middle school. Unlike his younger sister, Rika, he is good at a lot of things and is the fastest runner in the school. Parents and others think he is responsible and hard working child. It seems that he is perfect good child, but he harbors a private struggle that he keeps hidden from everyone around him.
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