Seventeen year old Jake Rollins' life is a nightmare. His dad is determined to use his family as a punching bag and Jake is powerless to stop him. When Jake isn't worrying about his dad going ape-shit, he's busy creating manga and hanging out with his best mate. Now it's the last year of high school and Jake has the perfect plan to escape home. All he has to do is nab a scholarship to Tokyo where he'll learn how to be a professional manga artist! But before then Jake has to keep himself, his mum and their dog alive.