Hello, my name is Ito Kaiji, and I'm a prince living in a castle... well, that might not be true. I live in an apartment, like any average person you might see or know.
Like always, today I woke up really early in the morning to... to be honest... I woke up in the evening. My alarm clock broke yesterday and I was late for work, so I decided to stay inside and then face my problems tomorrow.
Though, just because I didn't even go outside today, that doesn't means I didn't do anything productive... that actually means so. I stayed here on the floor thinking and crying.
What is wrong with me?
I'm a winner, I'm the luckiest person ever... or so I tell myself. That will never be true, I'm afraid.
My everyday life is full of adventures... adventures that usually involve losing and sinking far more lower into this society we live in.
My friends always cheer on me whenever I... I get betrayed by them.
But, as long as I have money I'd have nothing to worry... except that I don't have any. I'm hungry but I'd have to wait until I get paid tomorrow, and probably fired. Another problem.
Yet I still got my family, even if they're not here with me, I know that they love me a lot... I'm not really sure... They've never paid me a visit or at least called to see if I was ok since I moved.
I'm suffering.
Even if I feel so lonely in this world, I will never be, since the sun is watching over me... except that I hadn't seen the sun in a long time.
No matter what I might've lost during my life, as long as I have my freedom, nothing matters... but I lost that too.
My name is Ito Kaiji and I don't want to live anymore...
...like this.
And I will do whatever is necessary to fix my terrible life and future.
I will FIGHT for it.
I will CONFRONT whatever gets in my way; no one can stop me now.
Because I learnt that THE FUTURE IS IN OUR HANDS.
And my future; yours too, depends on what we do with them.