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“Married teacher Ayano kisses Akari at a bar, sparking a complicated adult romance.”
Even Though We're Adults
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7.38
4,394 rank · 5,665 readers · 38 favorites
Josei
Drama
Girls Love
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Synopsis
Married teacher Ayano kisses Akari at a bar, sparking a complicated adult romance.
Ayano, an elementary school teacher in her thirties, stops by a bar one day and meets another woman named Akari. Sparks fly as the two chat, and before the night is over, Ayano even goes in for a kiss. Akari is intrigued but confused... especially when she discovers that Ayano has a husband! Both Ayano and Akari are about to find out that love doesn't get any easier, even as you grow older. (Source: Seven Seas Entertainment)
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9.0
/10
What 2 readers settled on.
100%
recommend
Score distribution
median 9
mode 8
σ 1.00
Agreement
Strong agreement
σ 1.00 · scores cluster tight
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Not enough recommend signal yet
Score over time
↓ 1.00
Running avg · Aug 2023 → May 2025
Snap verdicts
· shortest highly-rated reviews
- 10 “I absolutely adore this manga. As a very avid girl love enjoyer i have seen my fair share of tropes and I will say I find most to be quite repetitive with the high-school love type of romance, as...”
- 8 “A thought that came to my mind as I was reading the final volumes of ”Even Though We’re Adults” was that this manga treats its characters with dignity. Even though those characters make mistakes...”
Verbosity
Short · 50%
Medium · 50%
Long · 0%
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A Manga Publication
- Format 54 × 10 ch × vol
- Total read 7h 12m approx
- Published Mar 2019 – Aug 2023
- Source Manga media type
- Ref. BS-M50854 catalog