Tag: cheating
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Review: Sakuranbo Syndrome
Sakuranbo Syndrome (Cupid’s Prank II: Cherry Syndrome, Cupid no Itazura II, さくらんぼシンドローム クピドの悪戯II), 2006-2009, Kitazaki, Taku, Young Sunday (Weekly) STORY: 2 Meet Munenori Agawa, your everyday manga office worker. His life takes an ‘exciting’ turn when, for the sake of altruism, he has to french kiss a kid everyday! Here is how I imagine the…
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Review: Iguana Girl
Iguana Girl (Daughter of Iguana, Iguana no Musume, イグアナの娘), 1991, Hagio, Moto, Petit Flower STORY: 6 Meet a handful of people, going on with their own situations and trying to understand each others. Iguana Girl is a collection of five short stories with slices of life and a topping of surrealism. Nothing epic, just some adequate…
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Review: Sensei’s Pious Lie
Sensei’s Pious Lie (Teacher’s White Lie, Sensei no Shiroi Uso, 先生の白い嘘), 2013-2017, Torikai, Akane, Morning Two Trigger warning for basically everything that comes with toxic masculinity (almost all at once). STORY: 6 Meet Misuzu Hara, a high school teacher with a lot of trauma. This heavy story focuses on her relationships and on the people…
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Review: Drowning Fireworks
Drowning Fireworks (Oboreru Hanabi, 溺れる花火), 2009-2010, Minenami, Ryou, Mobile Man STORY: 4 Meet Eita and Kaoki, a couple in their first relationship at 19 years old. Eita, the boyfriend, is youraverage bland university student. Kaoki, his girlfriend, has a frail body and she has to live in an hospital, potentially most of her life. She…