Finder (manga)
Japanese manga series
The Finder series (Japanese: ファインダーシリーズ, Hepburn: Faindā Shirīzu) is a Japanese manga written and illustrated by Ayano Yamane. It is serialized in the semimonthly yaoi manga magazine Be × Boy Gold since 2001. Several adaptations of the manga have been released, including original video animations, light novels, and audio drama CDs.
Plot
Twenty-three-year-old Akihito Takaba (高羽 秋仁, Takaba Akihito) is a young freelance photographer who takes pride in his work and seeks to get a major "scoop". After he takes photographs of the business dealings of crime lord Ryuichi Asami (麻見 隆一, Asami Ryūichi), Asami kidnaps him, beginning a relationship between them as they find themselves continually drawn to one another. Liu Fei Long (劉飛龍, Ryū Feiron; Chinese: Liú Fēilóng), a rival Chinese boss who blames Asami for his father's death, takes an interest in Takaba, as well, seeking a way to get revenge. Afterwards, Fei Long kidnaps Takaba, and Asami steals an important document of Fei Long's, which he uses to trade Takaba with.
Characters
Akihito Takaba (高羽 秋仁, Takaba Akihito)
Voiced by: Tetsuya Kakihara
A freelance photographer and a college student who has just started working on his own; he's shown to be very athletic. Before he even got started into his career, he was a troublemaking delinquent during his high school years who has had numerous run-ins with the police until his father helped influence him into a better life path; he currently lives on his own in a condo where he also has his photography studio. He still strives to get a great scoop, as he often does gigs for magazine shoots, catalogs, and Miai photos.
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