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17-sai. (17歳。,Jūnana-sai.; "17 Years Old") is a manga with the story bySeiji Fujii [ja] and art byYōji Kamata [ja], published in 2004–2005. It depicts the kidnapping and rape of a girl, based on themurder of Junko Furuta. It was published in Japan byFutabasha and serialized inManga Action.[1][2]
It was published in Spanish in Spain by Ediciones Mangaline as17 Años ("17 Years"),[3] in French in France by naBan Editions as17 ans, une chronique du mal ("17 years, a chronicle of evil"),[4] and in Taiwan byTong Li Publishing.[5]
In 1996, 25-year-old Hiroki Marukawa, who works as a truck driver, visits the dreaded E-ku,Tokyo, for work and is shocked to find that the house where the tragedy occurred is not there.
Eight years ago, in 1988, 17-year-old Hiroki and his bad friend Takashi were threatened by the head of a gang called Miyamoto and kidnapped and imprisoned 17-year-old high school girl Sachiko Ozawa. In order to search for her missing twin sister, Miki Ozawa, 17, steps up.
A group of gang members led by Miyamoto capture Sachiko Ozawa, a high school student, inChiba Prefecture, and after assaulting her at a hotel, confine her at a house in E-Ward, eastern Tokyo, where they commit acts of rape and torture. Her sister Miki frantically attempts to find her and takes the initiative, distributing flyers. Hiroki Marukawa, the main character and a schoolmate of Miki, is so intimidated by the other characters that he outs Sachiko when she attempts to hide, and Hiroki fails to disclose his information to Miki, despite being prompted by Miki. Despite the hazards to her life, Miki is led to the house by gangsters, and, along with Sachiko, is rescued by police following on a tip before the gangsters attempt to kill her. Hiroki, unlike his fellow co-conspirators, is tried as a juvenile and adjudicated delinquent, being incarcerated at areformatory, instead of beingtried as an adult and going to a prison for adults. Hiroki becomes the leader of his dormitory at the reformatory. As fellow gang member Takashi Ikuno is the only murdered victim, ringleader Miyamoto avoids thedeath penalty. Miki does not forgive Hiroki despite his pleas, as he failed to rescue Sachiko at opportune times. Sachiko ultimately survives her torture and injuries.