The Dog and Waning Moon

Three years ago, Kazuya’s promising boxing career came to a devastating halt when he suffered a retinal detachment. Forced to abandon the ring and the championship dreams that defined him, he rebuilt his life in the shadows of the sport he once loved. By day, he works as a trainer, and by night, he runs a bar, quietly channeling his hard-earned expertise into shaping the next generation of fighters rather than stepping under the lights himself. Now, Kazuya has poured all of his remaining ambition and skill into Gaku Kuroko, a young and highly promising boxer with an unreadable, stoic demeanor. Gaku is a formidable talent who might even be slightly too physically imposing for the featherweight division, yet he fights with a quiet intensity that commands attention. As their partnership deepens, Kazuya begins to notice something unsettling about his protégé's drive. Gaku is inexplicably fixated on claiming the very championship title that was stolen from Kazuya by injury. His relentless determination to capture that specific belt raises difficult questions. Why is this enigmatic young fighter so deeply invested in fulfilling a dream that originally belonged to his trainer? As they push toward the top together, Kazuya must confront the ghosts of his own past through the fists of the man carrying his unfinished legacy.