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Going Gently Into That Good Night May Not Be So Bad

‘Teki’ means enemy. The 77-year old protagonist Gisuke Watanabe in Teki Cometh (Japanese title: Teki) can’t quite figure out the exact identity of that enemy but he’s aware it’s coming…

90 Million Yen Settlement for “Women’s Trouble” continues with Nakai Masahiro Losing His Shows

By Tori H. Tale In the December 19th edition of Josei Seven, it was reported that 90 million yen was paid by Nakai Masahiro in a settlement awarded to a…