Simplified Pervert Romance

Kashima enters high school with the weight of a reputation that precedes him—a lone wolf with a notorious delinquent streak, feared and avoided by his peers. The walls he has built around himself seem impenetrable, yet they serve a purpose far more complex than simple self-preservation. Behind his intimidating facade lies a carefully guarded secret: Kashima is a masochist, deriving a conflicted thrill from the very violence that defines his public image, particularly when it comes from other men. On the first day of classes, however, his isolation is unexpectedly challenged. Ryouji Sanada, a handsome and seemingly unassuming classmate, makes a deliberate effort to bridge the distance, approaching Kashima without a trace of the wariness everyone else displays. Confused and unsettled by this genuine overture, Kashima harshly rebuffs him, unwilling to let anyone close enough to see beneath the surface. Yet fate has other plans when Ryouji stumbles upon Kashima in the middle of a brawl—and more critically, witnesses the heated moment Kashima attempts to covertly derive his own twisted satisfaction from the confrontation. Instead of recoiling in disgust, Ryouji steps in with an unexpected intervention, prompting a startling revelation in Kashima's mind: perhaps his persistent classmate harbors a dark, hidden perversion of his own.