Affection, betrayal, desperation—love between grown-ups is never a rational thing. Sayaka, age 35, has lived with the perfect husband for ten years. Perfect, that is,... more>> except for his disinterest in raising a child—she wants one badly, but just can’t come clean to him about it. Instead she unloads her frustrations on her younger friend Rui at their favorite bar. They trust each other enough to talk about almost anything—but Rui has a secret she can’t even let Sayaka know about! (Source: Kodansha Comics) <<less

Fifty-year-old Yuria has a quiet life teaching embroidery classes in her home, where she lives with her writer husband and his mother. Then one day her world is turned upside down when husband has a subarachnoid hemorrhage and upon arriving at the hospital, Yuria is met by a tearful young man who announces that he is her husband's lover.... more>>

Won the 45th Kodansha Manga Award in General Category in 2021. <<less

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Mako, a high school girl who has been abandoned by her father who disappeared, is forced to resort to papa-katsu (dating a sugar-daddy) to survive.... more>> On her first night, while she is taking a shower after finishing her business, her sugar-daddy is killed by a hitman, and he is about to kill Mako as well, but the hitman seems to recognize her somehow. Caught in a desperate situation, Mako has one last chance! Selling flattery in order to survive! Operation Fake Lover is about to begin! <<less

Rinko, a devoted teacher who has zero luck with men, gets dumped by her boyfriend because of sex. A truck crashes into her and she... more>> dies only for her to be reincarnated in a "reverse" Yoshiwara district (Japan's famous Edo-era pleasure district), where beautiful men sell their sexual services! Is this Heaven? Or Hell? An Edo-era reincarnation rom-com begins. <<less