Characters
- Ryū – Narrator. 19-year-old bisexual substance abuser.
- Lilly – Ryū's prostitute friend and casual sex partner.
- Reiko – From Okinawa, friend of Ryū and girlfriend of Okinawa.
- Okinawa – From Okinawa, drug addicted friend of Ryū and boyfriend of Reiko.
- Yoshiyama – Unemployed junkie friend of Ryū and abusive boyfriend of Kei.
- Kei – Friend of Ryū and girlfriend of Yoshiyama.
- Kazuo – Male friend of Ryū.
- Moko – Substance abuser friend of Ryū.
- Jackson – African American Airman at the local AFB, he arranges for group sex escapades with his base comrades and Ryū's group.
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