Dry Heat

As a child, young Tatsuhiko once declared to his family’s young servant, Itaru: “When I grow up, I’ll become a politician and change the law so that two men can marry. Will you marry me then?” A decade later, Tatsuhiko vanishes from his elite academy, leaving behind only a cryptic note. Itaru is tasked with tracking him down, only to find that time has transformed them both—and that nothing is as it once seemed. From Yugi Yamada, the creator of *Close the Last Door* and *Laugh Under the Sun*.