Hot Gimmick, Vol. 8 by Miki Aihara

In company-owned rabbit-hutch apartments live tenants who cant afford to live anywhere else, and the apartment complex in which high-school girl Hatsumi Narita lives is ruled over by the rumour mongering, self-righteous Mrs. Tachibana. Get on Tachibanas bad side, and life becomes hell. When Hatsumi has to buy a pregnancy test because her popular sister Akane is late, Mrs. Tachibanas son, Ryoki, who used to bully Hatsumi as a kid, promises not to tell the world about Hatsumis secret, only if she becomes his slave. Suddenly Azusa, Hatsumis protector in their youth, reappears to save her again! Hes moving back into the neighbourhood! Despite the budding romance between Hatsumi and Azusa, Ryoki has control over her through the secret that could ruin the lives of everyone in Hatsumis family, and he hasnt forgotten who his slave is! Will wonders never cease...? It appears that relations between the forever hapless Hatsumi and her haughty quasi-boyfriend Ryoki Tachibana are on the up-and-up, but not if Ryokis mother has her way. Deeming Hatsumi unworthy of her heavenly sons affections, Mrs. Tachibana hatches a scheme for Ryoki to fall in love with an equally brainy, upper-class young lady. Will Ryoki drop Hatsumi like a proverbial bag of dirt when this new Little Miss Perfect shows up? Plus, an equally jar-dropping flashback to Hatsumis tiny-tot days that throws new light on how the veritable train wreck of her life got started.

Author: Miki Aihara

Language: English

Edition: Sh Ojo Ed

Binding: Paperback

Pages: 192

Publisher: VIZ Media LLC

Publication Date: 2005-03-01