Pity the Living Chapter 01: Captain of the Nerds

When the drudgery of office life becomes too much for IT expert, Masami Shirosaki, he decides to commit suicide. But a timely opportunity to aid the career of the man he has stalked for years, ex-schoolmate Toshita Ayano, stops him in his tracks.

With the beautiful Toshita a temporary yet wonderful distraction in the workplace, life finally seems to be worth living.

Only one thing stands in the way of an idyllic future for Masami.

Toshita's rich and married boyfriend.

Masami, a virgin who's never even kissed a man, has one night of passion with Toshita… only to be callously rejected the following morning.

And so begins a spiral of self-pity and destruction, which ultimately ends in murder.

Can Masami and Toshita find love amidst the clutches of a controlling relationship? Or will one of them become the next target of a killer’s insuppressible hate.