Hitorijime My Hero

Synopsis

Masahiro Setagawa stopped believing in heroes a long time ago. With a mother who is rarely around, he has drifted into running errands for a gang of small-time street bullies. Then Kousuke Ohshiba, the "Bear Killer" they are all afraid of, breaks up the gang and pulls him out. Kousuke is also his friend's older brother and turns out to be his math teacher. What starts as hero worship becomes something Masahiro has to work out for himself, while Kousuke has to decide what he can be to a student. A second romance runs alongside, between Kousuke's younger brother and his childhood friend, which began in the earlier single volume Hitorijime Boyfriend. Mostly warm and funny, and suggestive more than explicit. The teacher and student pairing is the premise, so know that going in.