Gentle Cage

In 'Gentle Cage' (Yasashii Ori / 優しい檻), delve into a gripping tale of art, love, and confinement. Itsuki, perceived as a wallflower by many, finds a glimmer of hope in the form of Tokiwa, who sees beyond the surface. Their bond, forged through art, faces the test of time and separation. Can Tokiwa rescue Itsuki from his gilded cage, or is he doomed to remain a mere shell of his former self? This Japanese light novel delves into themes of drama, maturity, and psychological depth, exploring the transformative power of love and art amidst a backdrop of confinement and personal evolution.

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“Beauty is in the eye of the beholder,” so goes the old adage about art, and nowhere is this truer than in the relationship between Itsuki and Tokiwa. To every one else, Itsuki is nothing more than a useless wallflower, but only Tokiwa can see that the man is actually a diamond-in-the-rough.

It all began eight years ago, when amateur painter Itsuki Hashimoto and up-and-coming sculptor Masatsugu Tokiwa became friends through their love for art. But a few years later, family circumstances forced Itsuki to cut Tokiwa out of his life. Now, Itsuki is living a confined life as the “human pet” of Yamabe-sensei, Tokiwa’s former teacher.

Can Tokiwa help Itsuki break free of his cage? Or has Itsuki become too much of a living “doll,” without a soul or freewill of his own?

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