COLD HEART Series [Illustrated]
Book 1: COLD HEART in TOKYO Book 2: COLD HEART in NEWYORK Book 3: COLD THE FINAL Author: Konohara Narise (木原音瀬) Synopsis: In the COLD HEART trilogy, Konohara delivers a devastatingly intimate exploration of love at its most obsessive, broken, and quietly redemptive. The story follows Masahiko Kusuda, an unassuming jewelry brand co-owner, whose life takes a drastic turn when he becomes entangled with Kaito Akizawa—a brilliant but volatile former child actor. What begins as a business arrangement soon spirals into an emotional storm neither of them are prepared for. Through misunderstandings, unspoken traumas, and a dangerously imbalanced power dynamic, Kusuda and Akizawa are forced to confront their own limitations: one afraid to love, the other incapable of letting go. Set between Tokyo and New York, the trilogy charts their uneasy relationship through collapse, separation, and the slow, fragile path toward healing. As seasons change and distance r...