Kaerenaindayo

Kaerenaindayo is a manga anthology exploring deception, unexpected reunions, and complicated relationships across several interconnected stories. In the opening tale, Akira Kabaiki thrives as a salesman at an art gallery specializing in forged paintings, boasting a talent for convincing wealthy women to pay exorbitant prices. His carefully maintained world unravels when a confrontational man drags him out for drinks. Waking up in a hotel room, Akira is left bewildered by the stranger's unsettling familiarity with his past. This narrative expands through the backstory of Yahiro Morishita, the gallery owner and a genius forger capable of replicating famous masterpieces from a single glance. Yahiro’s illicit talents draw him into dangerous territory involving a man named Kaji and a figure from his childhood, culminating in a near-fatal encounter where he finds himself bound in a car trunk on the verge of being dumped into the bay. The collection further delves into Yahiro and Kaji navigating a treacherous inheritance dispute surrounding a deceased painter named Tsuge, his greedy widow, her son Naoyuki, and a servant named Shibata whose true loyalties remain unclear. Beyond these connected arcs, the volume features standalone tales: "Tangerine" follows the abandoned son of a writer who forms a poignant bond with a man devoted to his father, while "Fenced-in Boys" examines the dynamic between Tana and Ichinose at an all-boys boarding school, where Ichinose's reputation for pursuing anyone attractive challenges Tana's presumed heterosexuality.