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  1. Public Bookmark 6

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    You move into a quiet apartment building, expecting nothing more than a fresh start and a new job as an English teacher. Instead, you find yourself living next door to Higuruma—a lawyer whose life seems to revolve around long hours, routine, and silence. Your encounters with him begin simply: a rushed morning in the elevator, an unexpected lunch at a crowded restaurant, brief exchanges that feel ordinary at first. Yet, little by little, his quiet presence becomes a familiar part of your days, just as your warmth begins to slip into the spaces he keeps carefully guarded.

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    24 Apr 2026

  2. Public Bookmark 15

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    You have a perfect record, a shiny new badge, and enough ambition to make the Ministry of Justice look like a playground. In a system where 99% of defendants are guilty by default, you aren't just a prosecutor—congratulations, you're the law's favorite prodigy.

    It’s a flawless life. At least until Hiromi Higuruma walks in.

    He’s a defense attorney with a voice like velvet, eyes that say he hasn't slept since the Shogunate, and a frustrating habit of lingering in that 1% of doubt you didn't think existed. You’re prepared to dismantle his arguments, but you aren't prepared for the way he dismantles you.

    Between courtroom battles and late-night legal debates that feel suspiciously like foreplay, you’re starting to realize that winning the case might be a lot easier than not falling for your biggest professional headache.

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    24 Apr 2026

  3. Public Bookmark 21

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    “So this is how you live,” he says.

    You tell him, without missing a beat: “Seems fun, doesn’t it?”

    He looks at the horizon, that pale blue morning sky; lets the comment sit. “Seems lonely,” he says.

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    After the Culling Games, Higuruma is tasked with training under your tutelage, where you find yourself, mostly, put off by him. His need for structure, his coolness, his candor. And yet, despite all that, despite knowing how this story will end, you find yourself being drawn to him anyway.

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    24 Apr 2026

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    “Now that you’re my lawyer, does that mean I’m not allowed to flirt with you?”

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    24 Apr 2026

  5. Public Bookmark 24

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    “Why aren't you married?”

    At his age, it’s a common question. Thirty-six and single still, the life of a perpetual bachelor. “I don’t know,” he says. “If you asked me a few years ago, I’d probably tell you it’s because I work too much.”

    “And now?”

    “And now,” he repeats, smiling. “I’d tell you it’s because I’m not an easy man to be with.”

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    19 Apr 2026