No Money - Okane ga nai

Okane ga nai (お金がないっ, Okane ga nai?) (also known as No Money) is a shōnen-ai manga created by Hitoyo Shinozaki and illustrated by Tohru Kousaka. Besides the manga, there are also Okane ga nai drama CDs and 4 OVA's.

Synopsis
Ayase Yukiya is a university student whose cousin Tetsuo Ishii betrays him and sells him in an auction to settle his heavy debts. Ayase is bought by Somuku Kanou for 1.2 billion yen.

The reason behind Kanou doing this is Kanou remembers Ayase from four years ago, when Ayase, a stranger, helped him. Now Kanou wants to keep Ayase close to him in order to protect him, and uses the 1.2 billion debt to force Ayase to live with him. As Ayase is still a student and does not have a job, he is forced to sell his body to Kanou for 500,000 yen a time.

Characters

Kanou Somuku
Age:26
Birthday: July 24th
Horoscope: Leo
Blood type: O
Height: 195,3 cm
Weight: 83kg
Shoe size: 28 cm
Occupation: Running a financial firm.
Hobby: Work
Special ability: Normal permit. Dangerous item handling. Grade A licence
Highest education: University

A twenty-six year-old businessman who runs a financial firm in Shinjuku. He was saved by Ayase's kindness around four years ago, therefore saved Ayase when he was being auctioned off by buying him for 120 million Yen. In order to protect Ayase, he forced the 1.2 billion debt (plus a hefty interest of 10% every 10 days) on Ayase as a means to keep Ayase with him, and pays 500,000 Yen to Ayase each time they have sex.

He has a hard time trying to express his feelings towards Ayase due to his gruff, no-nonsense exterior, and particularly Ayase's naïveté and reluctance to accept a relationship between two guys. An extremely possessive and jealous person, Kanou forbids anyone to come close to Ayase without his permission and lets him go outside only begrudgingly. He is not above bullying or even manhandling Ayase if he happens to hurt his feelings. Nevertherless, Kanou is mostly kind and considerate towards Ayase and expresses his passionate affection towards said person without restraint.

Realizing that he has started off on the wrong foot by raping Ayase after the auction, he tries to make it up to him by doing various things with mixed results (i.e: solving Testuo's debt, and in the manga: buying Ayase new clothes, allowing him to attend summer classes, allowing Ayase to work).

In the released artbook, an interview with him shows that his motto is "perseverance brings success" and that he washes his right shoulder first when bathing.

Ayase Yukiya

Age: 18

Birthday: January 2

Horoscope: Capricorn

Blood type: B

Height: 160cm

Weight: 46.2kg

Shoe size: 24.5cm

Family members: Was living alone after Junior High. Now is living with Kanou-san.

Occupation: 1st year university student.

Personality: Gentle, leisurely, and sometimes restless. Easy-going, yet really stubborn.

Hobby: Thinking about gardening recently. Likes tomato or eggplant.

Special ability: Kanji official approval 2nd level. Is planning to take Chinese Language official approval test.

Highest education: Is a University student right now.

The eightteen year-old boy who was betrayed by his own cousin, Tetsuo, and was auctioned off to settle Tetsuo's debt. He was bought by Kanou for the price of 1.2 million Yen, and had to pay off the debt by having sex with Kanou for 500,000 Yen each time.

He had lost his parents in a young age and had a lonely childhood. Gentle and very naive, he has a hard time expressing himself to people and not very good at socializing. He tends to keep to himself and to act aloof towards people but Kanou has forced himself into his life. He also has a knack for getting in trouble mostly because he does not realize that men tend to feel a very strong sexual attraction to him when he's around.

He is confused about his relationship with Kanou and often feels guilty that he is involved with another guy. In the manga, he is currently trying to change his personality to be a bit more outgoing and more sociable. Gaining Kanou's permission, he is currently working part-time as a kitchen helper in Someya's store.

In the released artbook, an interview with him shows that his motto is "you can go far little by little" and that he washes his left arm first when bathing.

Ishii Tetsuo

Age: 20

Birthday: Nov 9

Horoscope: Scorpio

Blood type: B

Height: 177.3cm

Weight: 63kg

Shoe size: 25.5cm

Family members: Father & Mother

Occupation: University 2nd year student

Personality: Selfish with a lack of self-control.

Hobby: Gamble, guitar.

Special ability: Nothing particular.

Highest education completed: Currently in 2nd year of University.

Ayase's cousin. Since he only thinks of himself, he can't calmly analyze his surroundings. If he became a bit more calm and generous, even though he complains every now and then, he and Ayase might be a good relative match.

Ishii Rikako

Age: 44

Birthday: June 28

Horoscope: Cancer

Blood type: A

Height: 162cm

Weight: 48kg

Shoe size: 23.5cm

Family members: Husband and son

Occupation: Running a restaurant.

Personality: Although she thinks of herself as a victim, she's actually just self-centered.

Hobby: Shopping

Special ability: Nothing particular.

Highest education completed: High school graduate.

Ishii Tetsuo's mother, Ayase's aunt.

Kuba Homare and Kuba Misao

Age:25

Birthday: February 12th

Horoscope: Aquarius

Blood type: AB

Height: 184.4cm

Weight: 74kg

Shoe size: 27cm

Family members: Father and Mother. Others are secret.

Occupation: Work in a financial firm.

Personality of Homare: Pride is a powerful craft. Hates bowing to people.

Personality of Misao: Since he doesn't think about anything, it's impossible to determine. He also doesn't care about himself or others.

Homare's hobby: Cars

Misao's hobby: Fishing

Special ability of Homare: Normal permit. Truck license. Picking locks. Stealing cars.

Special ability of Misao: Normal permit. Truck license. Stealing cars.

Highest education: University

The twenty-five year-old twins who work for Kanou. Homare is the elder and displays more feeling and emotions compared to his younger brother.

Homare has shown to be violently attracted to Ayase (he almost kissed him on one occasion) but he never voices his true feelings ought of fear of Kanou's retaliation on him and Ayase, and ought of loyalty to his boss. However, Homare may openly take Ayase's defense and has already encouraged him to be more assertive in front of Kanou. Misao on the other hand, doesn't pay any attention whatsoever to the protagonists' relationship or to anybody else for that matter, even his own brother.

There is currently no way to differentiate Homare from Misao physically.

According to the released artbook, Homare tends to like anything to do with cars and Misao loves his food. The book also mentions Homare owning a 32 Skyline GT-R which costs around 5.9 million Yen.

Someya Kaoruko

Age: 24

Birthday: May 30th

Horoscope: Gemini

Blood type: A

Height: 175

Weight: Secret♥

Shoe size: 25cm

Family members: Father, Mother, two older brothers.

Occupation: Running a restaurant.

Personality: Loves beautiful things, but abusive.

Hobby: Kimono

Special ability: Normal permit

Highest education completed: University

The twenty-four year-old okama (male transvestite) who is Kanou's childhood friend. He owns an Okama bar and is currently employing Ayase as a part-time kitchen helper in the manga.

He apparently loves his father very much even though his father objects to him being an okama and opening an okama bar. He loves beautiful things and tries to improve the relationship of Kanou and Ayase by giving Kanou 'tips' (i.e: giving Kanou a book titled "How to take care of small animals" - because Ayase tends to resemble a small animal according to Kanou - when he was trying to get Ayase to open up to him. Though whether it was meant to be a joke or not is unknown) and by eventually becoming the couple's counselor of sorts. He always speaks abrasively to Kanou and often intercedes with him in favor of Ayase. He refers to Kanou as 'danna' (Japanese for 'Master') which is an informal way to refer to one's husband.

In the artbook, it is said that his most expensive item owned is a long-sleeved kimono which costs 3.3 million Yen.

Gion Toranosuke

Age: 22

Birthday: October 21st

Horoscope: Libra

Blood type: B

Height: 176.4 cm

Weight: 71kg

Shoe size: 26cm

Family members: Parents and elder sister

Occupation: Graduate school 1st year

Personality: Easy-going, ecstatic. Sometimes intelligent. Since he's good with reading the mood of the atmosphere, he's loved in many cases.

Hobby: Collecting fancy goods. Watching cute kids.

Special ability: Normal permit, junior high teacher license(science 1st year). Dangerous item handling-second grade, scout.

Highest education completed: Currently in graduate school PhD 1st year

The twenty-two year-old student who apparently works as a part-time cameraman. Although he addresses Kanou as 'nii-san' (Japanese for 'older brother'), he is not related to Kanou. He loves to record AV (Adult Videos) and thought Ayase was a girl the first time they meet when Kanou calls him. Despite often getting beaten up by Kanou, he displays an incessantly friendly behavior towards him and is not afraid to taunt and tease him from time to time. He also has developped a liking for Ayase and is especially grateful to him for having mellowed Kanou's merciless and aggressive personality.

In the artbook, the most expensive thing he owns is his camera which costs about 400,000 Yen. He also dreams of recording an AV of Kanou and Ayase.

Hayashida Naotoshi

Age: 52

Birthday: June 11

Horoscope: Gemini

Blood type: B

Height: 178,5cm

Weight: 82kg

Shoe size: 26cm

Family members: Wife and two daughters

Occupation: Running a restaurant

Personality: Naturally a boss

Hobby: Golf

Special ability: Cheat, normal permit

Highest education completed: University graduate

He's a competitor of Kanou, and the owner of Akushi. He often tries to make Kanou suffer, but ends up being pressed down instead. However, it also proves that he is tough and hates giving up.

Someya Kaoru

Age: 57

Birthday: August 26th

Horoscope: Virgo

Blood type: A

Height: 176.4cm

Weight: 68kg

Shoe size: 26cm

Family members: Wife, three sons and a dog

Occupation: Lawyer

Personality: Anxious, intelligent, Dislikes jokes

Hobby: Reading and collecting books. Swim.

Special ability: Regular permit

Highest education completed: University graduate.

Someya Kaoruko's father, is a childhood friend of Kanou's father. Thinks of Kanou as his own son. He has forgiven his third son for being an okama, and will lecture a bit when they meet. He's one of the few people who can speak to Kanou unsparingly. His career is successful, but his privat life seems to be the opposite.

Mizoguchi Eishou

Age: 41

Birthday: March 1st

Horoscope: Pisces

Blood type: O

Height: 181cm

Weight: 68kg

Shoe size: 26cm

Family members: Parents, elder sister and elder brother.

Occupation: Designer and shop owner

Personality: Likes little girls who follow their own aesthetic sense. Although he's friendly, he is also a "my pace" person who will do anything to achieve his goals.

Hobby: Let cute kids wear the clothes he designed.Take photos, operating a sewing machine.

Special ability: Sew. Design.

Highest education completed: Fashion design school graduate.

A man who dreams towards Ayase's thin chest. Is in his forties, but makes himself look really young. He decorated Kanou's apartment and picks his clothes.

Tokigawa Takaaki

Age: 19

Birthday: November 30th

Horoscope: Sagittarius

Blood type: A

Height: 173cm

Weight: 61 kg

Shoe size: 25.5cm

Family members: Parents and two elder sisters

Occupation: A formal University student

Personality: Collector. Will not show his thoughts.

Hobby: Watching Ayase.

Special ability: Stalk, take peeping photos.

Highest education completed: Quitt University during term.

Ayase's formal University friend. He has been secretly taking photos of Ayase since High school.

(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Okane_ga_nai)

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