Daniel Quentin / D.Q. is a seventeen-year-old boy suffering from terminal cancer. When he meets Pancho at St. Anthony's, D.Q. knows he has only a few months left to live. In his final days, D.Q. writes tirelessly in his journal penning "The Death Warrior Manifesto", a handbook detailing the ways one should live their life to the fullest, embracing love as their final emotion.