Ai no Kusabi

間の楔

37 chapters

6 volumes

1986 – 1987

On a distant star in a far-off future, a society operates under the control of the computer system Jupiter. Hair color determines the social ranking among men: the genetically enhanced Blondies hold the top positions and live in the capital city of Tanagura, while the unaltered Mongrels are forced into the impoverished slums of Ceres. One night, Iason, the leader of the Blondies, encounters Riki, a Mongrel, in the streets of Ceres and decides to take him as his own. The volume subtitles are: 1: Stranger, 2: Destiny, 3: Nightmare, 4: Suggestion, 5: Darkness, 6: Metamorphose.

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Status: Finished
Format: Light Novel
Chapters: 37
Volumes: 6

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Shousetsu June

Adapted to anime

Ai no Kusabi

Ai no Kusabi (2012)

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Background

Ai no Kusabi was collected in a single hardbound novel in 1990. It was then revised and expanded by Seibidou Shuppan under the Crystal imprint. Crystal's release was incomplete, discontinuing at the sixth volume as opposed to the planned eight volumes. Tokuma Shoten acquired the series and released it under the Chara imprint; their release was composed of six volumes with the first four volumes corresponding to Crystal's volumes 1-6. Chara's last two volumes are the remaining unpublished material. The series was published in English by Digital Manga Publishing from November 19, 2003 to November 28, 2013 with 8 volumes. Volumes 1-6 correspond to Crystal edition's, and the last two volumes to Chara edition's volumes 5 and 6.