The story focuses around the 21 year old Makoto, a cool and level headedmember of the G-boys gang. Makoto, talented with defusing tense situations andkeeping his friends out of harm's way possibly stumbles into more than he canhandle. Is Makoto really in over his head? His new girlfriend's just been foundmurdered and a turf war is escalating between the two rival gangs. Volume one of Ikebukuro starts with Makoto meeting a couple of girls at aNew Year's Eve party, one of which he falls in love with. One month later she isfound strangled to death and Makoto feels guilty for hearing her die over hisphone while not being able to do anything about it. He vows to use hisunderground connections, the "G-boys," to catch the murderer. Soon after hefinds the likely culprit -- a perverted old doctor -- but as the storyunravels Makoto finds out the old man's innocent and the plot thickens,uncovering the twisted shocking truth! Comes with a dust jacket.