Book#008, Japanesque Collection, Themes: Undercover Crossdressing / Childhood Friends / FLR, Keywords: Childhood Friends, Feminization, Crossdressing Detective, Shinjuku Nightlife, Newhalf, Suicide Mystery, FLR (Female Led Relationship), School Days
A fall from a balcony. A secret past. A dangerous disguise.
Haruka Sakakibara is a contented househusband living under the thumb of his brilliant, high-powered lawyer wife, Daichi. But their quiet life is shattered when news breaks that their childhood friend, Yuta, now living as a transgender hostess named “Yuka”, has attempted suicide in Shinjuku’s red-light district.
Suspecting foul play, Daichi hatches a plan. But she isn’t the one going undercover. She orders Haruka to dress as a woman and infiltrate the “Newhalf” club where Yuta worked.
As Haruka navigates the glittering, treacherous world of the nightlife industry, he uncovers secrets about his friends that stretch back to their days in junior high school. But the deeper he goes, the more he risks losing himself in the role… and awakening desires he thought were long buried.
(A nostalgic and suspenseful tale of six friends bound by secrets, gender, and the promises made under a starry sky.)
Content Warning: Contains themes of suicide/self-harm, sexual assault/coercion (dubious consent scenes), and forced transition elements within a relationship.
Heat Level (1-5) 3 (Sensual/Mystery) While there are scenes of intimacy and sexual situations in the club, the focus is split between the mystery plot, the flashbacks to childhood, and the FLR dynamic.