No Money (novel)

Eighteen year old Yukiya Ayase is an orphaned college student. His older cousin, Tetsuo Ishii, has betrayed him, selling him at a sex slave auction in order to settle his heavy debts. Ayase is bought by loan shark Somuku Kanou for 120 million yen.

Kanou does this because he remembers Ayase from 4 years ago, when a 14 year old Ayase helped him when he was injured. Now, Kanou wants to keep Ayase in order to get close to him, but Ayase rejects his efforts. Kanou then uses the 120 million yen debt to force Ayase to stay with him, reminding him that he now belongs to Kanou. As Ayase is still a student and does not have a job, he is forced to sell his body to Kanou to pay off the debt, 500,000 yen every time they have sex.^[1]

Yukiya Ayase (綾瀬 雪弥, Ayase Yukiya)

Voiced by: Ishida Akira (Drama CD) Jun Fukuyama (OVA)

An eighteen-year-old orphan boy who was betrayed by his own cousin, Tetsuo who auctioned him off to settle his own debt. He is bought by Kanou for 120 million yen, and has to pay off the debt by having sex with Kanou for 500,000 yen each time.

Somuku Kanō (狩納 北, Kanō Somuku)

Voiced by: Jūrōta Kosugi

A 26-year-old businessman who runs a financial firm. Four years ago, his father was murdered and he was brutally beaten. He was 'saved' by Ayase when Ayase found him on the street and offered to help. He buys Ayase from an auction for 120 million yen, and pays him 500,000 yen each time they have sex.

Tetsuo Ishii (石井 鉄男, Ishii Tetsuo)

Voiced by: Tetsuya Kakihara

20-year-old Ayase's cousin who auctioned him off to try and repay his debts.

Homare Kuba (久芳 誉, Kuba Homare) and Misao Kuba (久芳 操, Kuba Misao)

Homare Voiced by: Kōji Tsujitani

Misao Voiced by: Wataru Hatano

25-year-old twins who work for Kanou.

Shinobu Someya/Kaoruko Someya (染矢 忍/染矢 薫子, Someya Shinobu/Someya Kaoruko)

Voiced by: Nobuo Tobita

A 24-year-old okama who is Kanou's childhood friend. She owns an okama bar and employs Ayase as a part-time kitchen helper.

Toranosuke Gion (祇園 寅之介, Gion Toranosuke)

Voiced by: Ryōtarō Okiayu

A 22-year-old student who works as a part-time cameraman. Although he addresses Kanou as nii-san (big brother), he is not related to Kanou. He enjoys recording pornographic films and thought Ayase was a girl the first time they met.

The opening theme of the anime is "Romance Way" by ISSEI. The closing theme is "Itoshii Hito yo Eien ni Nukumori o Tsutaete..." (愛しい人よ永遠に 温もりを伝えて…) performed by Tetsuya Kakihara and Wataru Hatano.

• Official site for the OVA (in Japanese)
• Okane ga Nai (manga) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
• Mania review of volume 1 of the manga Archived 2008-12-06 at the Wayback Machine
• Mania review of volume 2 of the manga Archived 2009-11-12 at the Wayback Machine