![]() The novel was partially adapted into a two-episode original video animation (OVA) by Anime International Company (AIC), with the first episode released in August 1992 and the second in May 1994. While focusing on the relationship between Iason and Riki, Ai no Kusabi also explores issues of caste systems and social exclusion, as well as the implications of Artificial Intelligence ruling over a human society. As Riki learns of the dangers Iason faces by keeping him, he finds himself developing feelings for his master. This decision was seen as taboo in Tanagura where Pets are a status symbol and are expected to be well-bred, and was also unacceptable to Riki who had his freedom taken away from him. ![]() Iason Mink, a high-class "Blondy" elite from the capital Tanagura, runs into Riki, a "Mongrel" from the slums, and makes him his "Pet". This futuristic tale is set in a world ruled by a super computer Jupiter, where its cyborg creations, the Elites, who are assigned various social roles based on their hair color, rule over the human populace. Originally serialized in the yaoi magazine Shōsetsu June between December 1986 and October 1987, the story was collected into a hardbound novel that was released in Japan in 1990, and eventually expanded on and released in 6 paperback volumes. "The Space Between") is a Japanese novel written by Rieko Yoshihara. The risk he finds himself in, however, is much greater than ever before-there is always someone ready to sell him out.Ai no Kusabi ( 間の楔, lit. Now that Riki has returned, Bison once again rallies behind him. Riki has spent the past three years enduring numerous blows to his pride, his time in Tanagura nothing but a form of torture. The boy was snatched from his home and forced to become Iason's pet. Once the revered leader of the gang Bison, a sudden encounter with an elite Blondie, Iason Mink, forced Riki to abandon everything he had cultivated. ![]() Three years ago, a boy named Riki disappeared from the slums of Ceres. They are known as "mongrels," and most cannot progress out of the slums. However, the darker-haired humans live out their lives in the golden "pleasure city" of Midas and its outlying slum Ceres. This society is run by the AI supercomputer known as Jupiter and its governing board of perfect blondes, referred to as Blondies, living in the capital city of Tanagura. On the planet Amoi, a person's status is primarily dictated by the color of their hair. ![]()
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