By Kaori Tsurutani. Released in Japan as “Metamorphose no Engawa” by Kadokawa Shoten, serialization ongoing in the magazine Comic Newtype. Released in North America by Seven Seas. Translated by Jocelyne Allen. Adapted by Ysabet MacFarlane. In troubled times, sometimes you just want to read something that puts a smile on your face and a song in your heart. Slice-of-life series can be all kinds of things, and this story of an old woman bonding with a teenager over BL manga fits perfectly. Ichinoi teaches calligraphy classes at her home, and is alone now that her husband has passed away. One day, the cafe she goes to closes down so she’s forced to go further into town, where she goes into a bookstore to cool off. Startled by how much of...
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