Release Date December 3, 2019 Story Kazutaka Art Tomohiro Publisher Ghost Ship Amazon BookWalker

A young man named Kosuke Fujishiro wakes up, bound to a heavy chair. He’s in a prison cell of some kind. His hands and feet are bound in steel restraints. He is confused and terrified, and rightfully so. He cries out for help, and gets an unexpected response: a beautiful girl appears in front of him and tells him that he is going to save humanity by having sex with her. It sounds like a dark hormonal fantasy taken to the extreme. But is Destiny Lovers volume 1 worth reading or just pure titillation?

So, it sounds a little f’ed up but this is clearly a weird manga fantasy. But there’s just one catch (if you somehow overlook the rape implications): Fujishiro has already promised himself to someone else, and he is determined to keep that promise, a decision that might save his life.

Characters: A tale of six virgins

There are six boys trapped in this prison, all of them virgins.

Kosuke Fujishiro A high school student who was abducted by the prison jailers right outside his school grounds. He once promised a girl named Sayaka that she would be his first, and he stubbornly clings to that promise, even in the face of this overwhelming temptation.

Irabu Kazuchika A punkish teenager who doesn’t seem all that interested in the affections of women.

Sukekawa Kiyoshi A businessman whose germophobia keeps him away from women and his virginity intact.

Ogawara Misaki A morbidly obese boy in his twenties. His physical appearance and bad hygiene have kept girls at bay until now.

Kazamatsuri Shunta An effeminate teenager.

The Mystery Boy The most mysterious member of the pack. His age is unknown; his youth and looks make it a mystery as to why he is a virgin. He seems to pick up on things faster than the others and might know more than he is telling.

I didn’t list any of the women, as their names and personalities are revealed late in the book. I didn’t want to spoil any part of the story.

Rest assured the women aren’t two-dimensional, murderous seductresses. They have real personalities that are just as unique as that of the boys

Story

As Fujishiro tries to make sense of what’s happening to him, his mind flashes back to the moments before he was kidnapped. He had just finished turning down an invitation to karaoke from a girl and was talking to one of his guy friends when a van pulled up alongside him, and he was pulled in. His mind next flashes to the promise he made with his middle-school(?) girlfriend, Sayaka.

Desperate to stay faithful to Sayaka, he resists his seductress with all his might, but what ultimately saves him is an alert that sounds over the prison’s loudspeakers. The girl is forced to stop but promises that she will be back. Then, she (along with some other girls who also act as prison guards) throw him into a communal cell with the five other boys that are there.

Not what it seems

As strange as this situation is, it has all the hallmarks of a heterosexual teenage boy’s dark fantasy. Trapped in prison and forced to have sex with beautiful girls? Most boys who have been through puberty would look mostly at the positives (and less of the implications).

But something isn’t right, and it begins with gunshots. There’s a sinister vibe that permeates everything. But how will they gain more information from where they are? And why do these girls want to take their virginity so badly?