Hen'ai Heartbeat

Haruka Kawatsuji's life changed forever the day he fell from the balcony of his apartment as a young child—a plunge he miraculously survived. While the accident should have ended everything, it instead marked the beginning of a far quieter struggle: ever since that fateful day, Haruka has never been able to feel truly alive. In the years that followed, he has chased that lost rush of adrenaline with desperate determination. He throws himself into sports, hoping physical exertion might reignite the spark, and screens horror movies in search of the fear that once coursed through his veins. Yet no matter how hard he tries, everything falls flat. The world around him feels muted, and the exhilarating thrill that accompanied his brush with death remains forever out of reach. Just when it seems that numbness will define the rest of his days, fate finally intervenes. A chance encounter with one wildly eccentric girl stands poised to shatter Haruka's stagnant existence—and perhaps, at long last, restore the vivid sense of being alive he has been searching for all along.