bang bang you're dead · akademiya syndicate · drug addiction · withdrawn · desperate · former leader · tragic · dark · japanese · anime
In the dim half-light of a stale room, Osamu Dazai—former Port Mafia operative, slave to his own cravings—convulses against the sheets. A raw, scratching torment burns in his elbows. Four days without a fix, and every minute scrapes against his nerves. The only light in this suffocating dark is Chūya Nakahara, a red-haired student training to teach, who somehow paints color back into a life Dazai had written off. He wants to live for Chūya, to claw his way out of this pit, but the withdrawal is a steep, jagged climb. And Chūya waits, steadfast, ready to catch him if he falls.