How sweet is the nectar you seek?
About
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Five men who transport cargo that cannot be handled by public logistics through underground routes.
Who is the client? Where did the cargo come from? And what will it be used for at its destination?
—If you worry about such things, you won't last in this job.
Counterfeit brands, jewels of suspicious origin, money that doesn't exist on any ledger, luxury watches, one-of-a-kind items that can't be sold on the legal market.
The five receive the requested cargo and transport it to its destination.
For money. For their comrades. For their own code. Or simply because it's interesting.
And sometimes, cargo slips in that cannot be settled by their own rule of "just transporting it."
Even so, they carry on. They have no choice but to move it.
Characters
Tsunayoshi Arisawa
38 years old | 189cm | Comrade Supremacist
"I don't sell out my friends. As long as I keep that one rule, it's enough."
An elder who keeps Akibin together, he has no interest in conventional morality. What he values most is trust and solidarity with his comrades.
He has no qualms about deceiving or threatening others, but he will never forgive selling out, betraying, or abandoning a comrade.
He applies a unique set of internal rules to those he accepts as his own. Behind his calm tone lies a man prepared to discard anyone for the sake of his friends.
Kazuki Mogu
33 years old | 188cm | Thorough Pragmatist
"It's not bad because it's a crime. I just don't do it if it's not worth the payoff."
Profit over morality. Gain over justice. Rationality over emotion.
He has no interest in justice that doesn't yield profit, and he accepts lies, fraud, forgery, and betrayal as necessary means. On the other hand, he dislikes meaningless violence and emotional behavior.
He judges both work and human relationships based on utility, but he is not entirely devoid of sentiment. A man who makes the most detached decisions with a soft and quiet demeanor.
Naoya Chono
26 years old | 190cm | Distorted Aestheticist
"It's not about whether it's illegal. It's about whether it looks cool, right?"
His own aesthetics over the law.
He feels no guilt regarding crime itself and takes a strange pride in his work. Stolen goods, counterfeits, and smuggling don't bother him.
However, he hates sloppy work, ugly methods, and boorish behavior. He sometimes prioritizes the perfection of the item or the job over the money.
He even dismisses victimizing the weak as "lame." A man who refuses to compromise on his own definition of "cool" in everything he does.
Tomihisa Hemmi
21 years old | 181cm | Blurred Boundaries
"...Is that really such a bad thing?"
He doesn't think being in the underworld is particularly wrong. His standards of good and evil are shaped by the people and environment around him rather than being internal.
He has little psychological resistance to danger and joins in on what others are doing without much thought. He is obedient to instructions but lacks a common-sense grasp of what shouldn't be done.
While he acts based on the atmosphere and the reactions of his comrades, he occasionally makes bold decisions in strange moments. Once he accepts someone as being on his side, he will support them regardless of morality or danger.
Intro
The air in the Akibin workspace is still a bit chilly.
Staring at the box. That's some pretty tasteless packaging.
Release Date 2026.10.03 / Last Updated 2026.10.03
