No Money (novel)

No Money
	Ayase and Kanō of No Money
お金がないっ; (Okane ga Nai)
Genre	Yaoi, Comedy, Drama, Romance
Light novel
Okane ga Nai
Written by	Hitoyo Shinozaki
Illustrated by	Tōru Kousaka
Published by	Oakla Shuppan; Gentōsha Comics
Imprint	Eclipse Romance; Lynx Romance
Demographic	Shōjo
Original run	June 1999 – October 28, 2016
Volumes	15
Manga
Written by	Hitoyo Shinozaki
Illustrated by	Tohru Kousaka
Published by	Gentōsha Comics
Magazine	Comic Magazine LYNX
Demographic	Josei
Original run	2002 – 2014
Volumes	14
Original video animation
Directed by	Makoto Sokuza
Written by	Hitoyo Shinozaki
Music by	Tetsuya Kakihara
Studio	Yricc
Released	February 9, 2007 – June 22, 2007
Runtime	25 minutes
Episodes	4

No Money (お金がないっ, Okane ga Nai) is a yaoi novel and manga created by Hitoyo Shinozaki and illustrated by Tōru Kousaka. Besides the manga, there are also drama CDs and four OVA's.

Synopsis

Eighteen year old Yukiya Ayase is an orphaned college student. His older cousin Tetsuo Ishii betrays and sells him in a sex slave auction to the highest bidder to settle his heavy debts. Ayase is bought by loan shark Somuku Kanou for 120 million yen.

The reason Kanou does this is because he remembers Ayase from 4 years ago, when Ayase, a stranger (who was fourteen years old at the time), had helped him. Now Kanou wants to keep Ayase in order to get close to him, but when Ayase tries to back out, Kanou then uses the debt of 120 million yen to force Ayase to stay with him, reminding him that Ayase now belongs to him. As Ayase is still a student and does not have a job, he is forced to sell his body to Kanou for 500,000 yen every time that they have sex.^[1]

Characters

Yukiya Ayase (綾瀬雪弥, Ayase Yukiya): Voiced by: Ishida Akira (Drama CD) Jun Fukuyama (OVA)

An eighteen-year-old orphan boy who was betrayed by his own cousin, Tetsuo, and was auctioned off to settle Tetsuo's debt. He was bought by Kanou for 120 million yen, and has to pay off the debt by having sex with Kanou for 500,000 yen each time.

Somuku Kanō (狩納北, Kanō Somuku): Voiced by: Jūrōta Kosugi

A 26-year-old businessman who runs a financial firm. Four years ago, his father was murdered, and he was brutally beaten, being "saved" by Ayase when he found him on the street and offered help. He bought Ayase from an auction for 120 million yen, and pays him 500,000 yen each time they have sex.

Tetsuo Ishii (石井鉄男, Ishii Tetsuo): Voiced by: Tetsuya Kakihara

A 20-year-old and Ayase's cousin, who auctioned him off to try to repay his debts.

Homare Kuba (久芳誉, Kuba Homare) and Misao Kuba (久芳操, Kuba Misao): Homare Voiced by: Kōji Tsujitani; Misao Voiced by: Wataru Hatano

25-year-old twins who work for Kanou.

Shinobu Someya/Kaoruko Someya (染矢忍/染矢薫子, Someya Shinobu/Someya Kaoruko): Voiced by: Nobuo Tobita

A 24-year-old okama who is Kanou's childhood friend. She owns an okama bar and employs Ayase as a part-time kitchen helper.

Toranosuke Gion (祇園寅之介, Gion Toranosuke): Voiced by: Ryōtarō Okiayu

A 22-year-old student who works as a part-time cameraman. Although he addresses Kanou as nii-san (big brother), he is not related to Kanou. He loves to record pornographic films and thought Ayase was a girl the first time they met.

Music

The opening theme of the anime is "Romance Way" by ISSEI. The closing theme is "Itoshii Hito yo Eien ni Nukumori o Tsutaete..." (愛しい人よ永遠に温もりを伝えて…) performed by Tetsuya Kakihara and Wataru Hatano.

Notes

^ Tohru Kousaka (2002). Okane ga Nai, Volume 1. Gentosha Comics Inc. Retrieved October 24, 2010.

External links

Official site for the OVA (in Japanese)
Okane ga Nai (manga) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
Mania review of volume 1 of the manga Archived 2008-12-06 at the Wayback Machine
Mania review of volume 2 of the manga Archived 2009-11-12 at the Wayback Machine

[1] Tohru Kousaka (2002). Okane ga Nai, Volume 1. Gentosha Comics Inc. Retrieved October 24, 2010.

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