Self-serving adults and broken dreams push a teenage boy trapped in a dead-end town closer and closer toward the abyss. Reijis life is as miserable as the small town he cant escape. The most interesting thing thats ever happened there is a double suicide down by the river. Does Reiji have any power over his fate, or will he too fall into the abyss? Now that Ms. Shiba and Chako have each found out about the others relationship with Reiji, things get ugly. While Chakos parents tighten their stranglehold on her, Reijis mother, Yuko, secretly meets with Gen and Esemori. And then, Ms. Shiba makes Yuko a reprehensible offer