Walking in Your Tracks, Volume 1

This heartfelt, emotional boys love drama with disability representation explores themes of grief and depression.

Ren Kisaki has lived his life alone, writing novels from his wheelchair. Suffocated by help and frustrated by his perceived helplessness, he repeatedly pushes others away to the point that his caregivers have all but given up on him. That is, until the day newbie caregiver Rintaro Maki arrives on his doorstep. 

The kind and perceptive Rintaro — who sees Ren for himself, not only his condition — offers a connection Ren had long thought himself incapable of. Pushing out of his comfort zone, Ren finally starts opening up... giving him the strength to courageously confront his past and pursue, for the first time, his own story.
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Content Warnings: VIOLENCE, TRAUMA, CHILD ABUSE, MENTAL HEALTH STRUGGLES, REFERENCES TO SELF-HARM AND GROOMING

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