Following a career-ending trauma, disgraced physician Kiyotaka Higuchi relocates to a remote Kyushu clinic to escape his overwhelming guilt. His bleak routine is shattered after a chance encounter with Tenju, a mysterious yakuza who offers an unexpected escape.

Once a promising cardiovascular surgeon, Kiyotaka now struggles to adapt to rural general medicine while battling severe depression. A fateful, alcohol-fueled night introduces him to the enigmatic Tenju, a man deeply tied to the underworld who promises temporary oblivion.

As Kiyotaka becomes entangled in their intense physical relationship, he begins to question the mobster's true motives. The Afterglow manga explores these heavy themes of grief, healing, and mutual vulnerability.

Afterglow manga follows a disgraced doctor in rural Kyushu who finds temporary solace with a mysterious yakuza.

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