In Volume 1, we met Tanaka Iori, a careerwoman with a job that she does not love, and a former juvenile delinquent girlfriend, Minami, whom she does. Ultimately, we also meet Iori’s obsessive little sister, and Shizuku, who was Minami’s closest friend in juvie. In Fuzoroi no Renri, Volume 2 (不揃いの連理), a continuation of the […]
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