The next up from my library haul is Hitori de Ikiru wa Mamanaranu / You Can’t Live All on Your Own. SPOILERS . . . . This manga is the kind of slice-of-life story that I live for. It follows four adult women just living their lives as roommates. Shuuko is our main character, in […]
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