Challengers

Tomoe Tatsumi, a first-year student with a genius-level intellect, earned admission to a private university in Tokyo—but his brilliance didn't extend to foreseeing that tuition would leave him with nothing left for rent. Yet somehow, he finds himself living in a lavish apartment for less than what most people pay for a single room. The benefactor is Mitsugu Kurokawa, a white-collar worker who appears to be a good Samaritan—though his generosity comes with a hidden agenda: to love, cherish, and devote himself to this irresistibly charming student until his very last day. That day might arrive sooner than expected, however, if Tomoe's violently homophobic older brother, Souichi, has anything to say about it.