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Kanade Kujo was born to rule an empire. Instead, he ran away to pour drinks in a failing host club.
As the heir to the Kyoshin Group, Kanade possesses a rare gift called resonance - the ability to read people's emotions like musical frequencies. But he wants nothing to do with his family's corporate dynasty. Disowned and broke, he finds himself at Starlit Night, a decrepit host club on the brink of closure.
Determined to do things differently, Kanade refuses to scam guests into overpriced champagne. Armed with a psychology degree, a secondhand camera, and an eccentric team of coworkers - each carrying their own secrets - he transforms the club into something unexpected: a place where lonely people come to be truly heard.
From a widowed teacher seeking conversation to a socially anxious programmer learning to speak, every guest who walks through Starry Night's door carries a story. And Kanade, for all his awkwardness, turns out to be exactly the listener they need.
But his family isn't done with him. When an arranged fiancée shows up determined to drag him home, she discovers she's more interested in producing YouTube videos than marrying a runaway. And when the family resorts to darker methods, the guests - the very people Kanade has helped - become the ones who fight to save him.
Funny, warm, and quietly profound, The Heir Who Became a Host is a story about chosen family, the courage to be yourself, and the discovery that sometimes the best way to find where you belong is to run away from where you don't.
Welcome to Starry Night - where imperfect people are allowed to just be.