One rainy night, five-year-old Senri Nakajou's parents are brutally murdered and his twin brother, Kazuto, goes missing. Due to a mental link, Senri can feel whenever Kazuto obtains a traumatic injury and even see how. This changes sometime later when a tremendous pain in his head causes Senri to pass out. Before he loses consciousness, Senri receives a vision of the man who murdered their parents: a masked figure whose right arm has a scar roughly in the shape of the character for fire. After this event, the visions Senri and his brother shared suddenly stop, leading Senri to believe that Kazuto was killed.
Thirteen years later, Senri can think of nothing but revenge. Everything he does is to one day find his brother's killer- whom he's dubbed "the 'fire' man"- and kill him. While his childhood friend, Enan, understands where Senri's coming from, she doesn't want him to follow through with it, and is one of the few reasons he hasn't begun tracking him down. However, for the first time in years, Senri receives a vision from Kazuto, giving him hope that his brother is actually alive.
What follows is a hunt to find the "fire" man, Kazuto, and the full truth behind that rainy night.
For the Kid I Saw in My Dreams (夢で見たあの子のために, Yume de Mita Ano Ko no Tame ni) is a seinen mystery series by Kei Sanbe (ERASED). It was serialized in Young Ace from August 2017 to August 2022, ending with a total of eleven volumes. Yen Press is in charge of the English translation of the series, publishing each volume in the hardcover format.
This series provides examples of:
- Distinguishing Mark: The killer has a scar in the shape of the kanji character for "fire". Senri refers to him as "The 'Fire' Man."
- Greater-Scope Villain: Yuuji Nakajou, Senri and Kazuto's father, was a sociopath who beat their mother. When he was a child, he killed several of Renji's pet cats and it's implied he forced Mitsue to marry him just because Renji liked her.
- Psychic Link: Senri and Kazuto can share visions with each other, though they have no control over when.
- Rich Sibling, Poor Sibling: Yuuji Nakajou grew up rich while his family put his twin, Renji, up for adoption.
- Synchronization: Since birth, Senri and Kazuto have felt the other's physical pain whenever one of them obtains an injury.
- Twin Telepathy: Senri and Kazuto can share visions with one another, as well as feel the other's pain.
