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Truth & Consequences In My Life Book

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Truth & Consequences In My Life

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According to Japan's recent study in 2020, the amount of citizens who is married is below 50%. So Japan made a new law, the legal age for marriage is 14 years-old. Students now can get engaged at the age of 10. To avoid adults taking advantage of this system, a minor (10-17 years old) can only engaged with other minors. While Early Adult (18-20 years old) can only engaged with other Early Adult. And anyone who reached their 20th birthday, will get assigned marriage partners by the government. The government won't assigns marriage partner if engaged or married. This law has increased the amount of citizens who is married to over 70%. With the existence of this law, over 30,000 cases of sexual harassment and abuse towards minors have been reported in Tokyo alone. Residents of Japan has been fighting for five years to decide whether this law should stay or not. In 2025, the Prime Minister of Japan has declared that the law should stay and the police association should take care of the cases. The fight has ended and the law has become part of daily life except for a 17 years-old student, Kurogane Shiro, who, in five years, never cared about this law. He only thinks about his safety and condition. He is really smart and merciless on the way he solves things. He would do anything to ensure his own safety. But on one fateful day, he met a woman that attract his attention.For the first time in his life, he found happiness. But he later found out that she is 19 years-old and about to get assigned marriage partner in a year. While running from the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department for mysterious reason, he uncovers the truth about himself and his connection with the law while trying to marry the woman of his dreams.