I Swear This Time I Mean It
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MatureOngoing8h 13m
Last published Sat, Jul 26, 2025
Kei Takahashi vanished without a trace, leaving his high school life - and his girlfriend, Nadia - behind. What no one knew: his disappearance was no accident, but a calculated step into the shadows of the Yakuza.
Ten years later, he returns: older, changed, and carrying secrets too dangerous to reveal.
Some pasts refuse to stay buried. Some promises can never be kept. And some truths are better left in the dark.
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