Author(s): Ryo Minenami

MANGA

Self-serving adults and broken dreams push a teenage boy trapped in a dead-end town closer and closer toward the abyss.

Reiji's life is as miserable as the small town he can't escape. The most interesting thing that's ever happened there is a double suicide down by the river. Does Reiji have any power over his fate, or will he too fall into the abyss?

When Shiba and Chako each find out about the other's relationship with Reiji, things get ugly. Then, while Chako's parents tighten their stranglehold on her, Reiji's mother secretly meets with Gen and Esemori...