Story Structure — 5 Plot Phases
Friends Without Parents
Kida and Makoto grow up without parents and form a close friendship with a transfer student who shares their background. Their happy childhood is destroyed by an unspecified incident at age twenty.
Key Events
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Parentless Childhood — Kida and Makoto grow up without parents and form a close childhood friendship. Characters: Kida, Makoto
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Transfer Student Arrives — A transfer student with the same parentless background becomes friends with Kida and Makoto. Characters: Kida, Makoto
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Shared Happy Years — The three friends lead a happy life together while growing up. Characters: Kida, Makoto
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The Life-Wrecking Incident — An incident when they turn twenty completely wrecks their lives. Characters: Kida, Makoto
A Sudden Disappearance
The transfer student disappears after the life-changing incident. Lisa then enters the story, and Makoto becomes intensely interested in her despite her indifference.
Key Events
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The Life-Wrecking Incident — An incident when they turn twenty completely wrecks their lives. Characters: Kida, Makoto
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Friend Disappears — The transfer student suddenly disappears from Kida and Makoto's lives. Characters: Kida, Makoto
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Lisa Enters Their Lives — Lisa appears as a politician's daughter and a top model in entertainment. Characters: Kida, Makoto, Lisa
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Makoto Notices Lisa — Makoto develops an unusual interest in Lisa after she appears in his life. Characters: Makoto, Lisa
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Dinner Invitation — Makoto invites Lisa to dinner, but she does not take notice of him. Characters: Makoto, Lisa
The Price Of Pursuit
Kida warns Makoto that Lisa belongs to a different world, but Makoto quits his job and disappears. Two years later, Kida enters the criminal world to find him.
Key Events
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Kida Warns Makoto — Kida advises Makoto to give up because Lisa belongs to a different world. Characters: Kida, Makoto
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Makoto Quits — Makoto quits his job and disappears without a trace. Characters: Makoto
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Kida Enters Crime — Two years later, Kida enters the criminal world to search for Makoto. Characters: Kida
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Underworld Reunion — With help from his boss, Kida finally meets Makoto again. Characters: Kida, Makoto
Two Paths To Power
Kida reunites with Makoto and learns that Makoto has been pursuing wealth to become worthy of Lisa. Kida vows to help, becoming a dark negotiator while Makoto rises as a trading company president.
Key Events
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Underworld Reunion — With help from his boss, Kida finally meets Makoto again. Characters: Kida, Makoto
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Makoto Seeks Wealth — Makoto has been determined to earn money to become worthy of Lisa. Characters: Makoto
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Kida Learns His Motive — Kida learns Makoto's obsession and the reason behind his pursuit of Lisa. Characters: Kida, Makoto
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Kida Vows To Help — Kida vows to risk his life to help his best friend. Characters: Kida, Makoto
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Dark Negotiator — Kida works as a dark negotiator while using any means necessary for his purposes. Characters: Kida, Makoto
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Trading Company President — Makoto becomes the president of a trading company and rises within legitimate society. Characters: Makoto
The Christmas Eve Design
The two friends reach the top of separate social spheres and prepare Makoto's Christmas Eve proposal to Lisa. The apparent romantic gesture is revealed as part of a ten-year revenge plan against the society that changed their lives.
Key Events
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Trading Company President — Makoto becomes the president of a trading company and rises within legitimate society. Characters: Makoto
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Parallel Rise — Kida and Makoto rise to the top of the underworld and legitimate society respectively. Characters: Kida, Makoto
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Christmas Eve Proposal — On Christmas Eve, Makoto plans to propose to Lisa with Kida's help. Characters: Kida, Makoto, Lisa
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Ten-Year Revenge Plan — The proposal is revealed as part of a ten-year plan to take revenge on the society that changed their fates. Characters: Kida, Makoto, Lisa
