Where the Waves Crest (波の上り詰める所)

Stationed in Japan, Cullen Rutherford is a lonely American enlisted sailor. Tharin Trevelyan is a gregarious English teacher in Kawasaki. One chance online encounter leads to many adventures in Tokyo, bringing the two men closer. But their developing relationship dredges up Cullen's many issues, and he wavers as he considers a retreat back to his solitary life.