No Money (novel)


No Money is a yaoi novel and manga created by Hitoyo Shinozaki and illustrated by Tōru Kousaka. Besides the manga, there are also drama CDs and four OVA's.

Synopsis

Eighteen year old Yukiya Ayase is an orphaned college student. His older cousin, Tetsuo Ishii, has betrayed him, selling him at a sex slave auction in order to settle his heavy debts. Ayase is bought by loan shark Somuku Kanou for 120 million yen.
Kanou does this because he remembers Ayase from 4 years ago, when a 14 year old Ayase helped him when he was injured. Now, Kanou wants to keep Ayase in order to get close to him, but Ayase rejects his efforts. Kanou then uses the 120 million yen debt to force Ayase to stay with him, reminding him that he now belongs to Kanou. As Ayase is still a student and does not have a job, he is forced to sell his body to Kanou to pay off the debt, 500,000 yen every time they have sex.

Characters

;Yukiya Ayase
An eighteen-year-old orphan boy who was betrayed by his own cousin, Tetsuo who auctioned him off to settle his own debt. He is bought by Kanou for 120 million yen, and has to pay off the debt by having sex with Kanou for 500,000 yen each time.
;Somuku Kanō
A 26-year-old businessman who runs a financial firm. Four years ago, his father was murdered and he was brutally beaten. He was 'saved' by Ayase when Ayase found him on the street and offered to help. He buys Ayase from an auction for 120 million yen, and pays him 500,000 yen each time they have sex.
;Tetsuo Ishii
20-year-old Ayase's cousin who auctioned him off to try and repay his debts.
;Homare Kuba and Misao Kuba
25-year-old twins who work for Kanou.
;Shinobu Someya/Kaoruko Someya
A 24-year-old okama who is Kanou's childhood friend. She owns an okama bar and employs Ayase as a part-time kitchen helper.
;Toranosuke Gion
A 22-year-old student who works as a part-time cameraman. Although he addresses Kanou as nii-san, he is not related to Kanou. He enjoys recording pornographic films and thought Ayase was a girl the first time they met.
;Kudo
A politician who wanted to rape Ayase and make a porn film at it. But he is defeated when Kanou takes his daughter hostage, he is spared from retribution thanks to Ayase.

Media

Manga

TitleAuthorsPublisherPublication DateISBNNotes
I Can't TransformShinonaki Ichiya, Kousaka Tooru Gentosha Comics March 24, 2011
No Money EXShinonaki Ichiya, Kousaka Tooru Gentosha Comics February 24, 2017Contains unpublished side stories from the "No Money" series

OVA

The OVA has been licensed by Media Blasters under their Kitty Media label. It is also available on Bandai Channel.

Music

The opening theme of the anime is "Romance Way" by ISSEI. The closing theme is "Itoshii Hito yo Eien ni Nukumori o Tsutaete..." performed by Tetsuya Kakihara and Wataru Hatano.