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It tells the story of a boy named Shogo Chikaishi, who grows up lonely, bitter and angry because of his mother's hatred for him. This leads Shogo into a pathological hatred of love and sex, killing animals as they mate or nurture their young. After murdering a hen, he is arrested and taken to a mental institute.

 

Through the manga, Shogo encounters love as a soldier in Nazi Germany, as a pilot stranded on an island with a beautiful photographer, and as a revolutionary in a far-future world ruled by synthetic humanoids, only for it to end in tragedy every time. In the modern world, an encounter with a nymphomaniac and Shogo's murderous hatred of love cause more deaths, forcing him to go on the run from the police, where he shacks up with a female athlete named Hiromi, who puts him through a fierce training regiment in order to become a marathon runner... and, almost by accident, teaches him to fall in love. But even as Shogo learns his lesson, fate is not kind to him or his lover...

* [[Author Tract]] - During the 2030 chapter, Tezuka manages to squeeze in a [[Green Aesop]] alongside the series' usual one of "Love is painful and complicated."

* [[Beauty Is Never Tarnished]] - Naomi in Chapter 2 is brutally attacked by many animals at once, but the most she ever shows for it are some scratches.

* [[Star-Crossed Lovers]] - Shogo and Hiromi in their various incarnations.

* [[Time Travel]] - The main plot.

* [[Uterine Replicator]] - Used by the Syntheans in the 2030 arc.

* [[What Is This Thing You Call Love?]] - The Synthean Queen in 2030 demands to see what human sex is like. It doesn't end well.

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