In the fourth volume of Nakamura Asumiko’s first Yuri series, small crimes are on the rise at school, and Ruby is determined to get to the bottom of it. Is it a ghost, or curse stealing everyone’s items…or a criminal? The answer is, of course yes, in Mejirobana Saku, Volume 4 (メジロバナの咲く) First-year Marjorie is […]
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