Description

This story is set in Japan in the 1920’s and follows the life of a nineyear-old Japanese boy named Takeru Kitagawa, who was forced toendure a childhood of psychological abuse, and who later, followingthe attempted rape of his mother by a yakusa gang member, he wascruelly mutilated for trying to defend her. As a consequence, hesustained a cruel and malicious life-changing injury, which in turnled to his mother’s subsequent decision to abandon him. Takeru nowfinds himself completely alone, in discomfort and pain, and nowabandoned, he is left to survive on his own, and fearful in his desolatehome. Whilst he struggled to cope with his debilitating injury as aeunuch, he tries his hardest to survive in the cruelest of situations.Ultimately, he ends up being sent to a Yokohama orphanage by theauthorities, which was located some distance away from his old homein Spring Village. The only glimmer of hope that he was left withwas to seek out his grandfather, who he had never met and who hewas told, lived somewhere down south in Wakayama prefecture. Weare able to follow his life’s twists and turns and with him, explore hisemotional journey, as he transitions from being male to being seenas female.