“Elementary schoolgirl Chise adores her widowed novelist father who works from home and is her closest companion.”
Papa told me
Papa told me パパ トールド ミー
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Elementary schoolgirl Chise adores her widowed novelist father who works from home and is her closest companion.
Chise is an elementary school girl who lives with her widowed father, a novelist. Her mother died when she was very young, but she is extremely close to her father. He is the one she loves the most, and because he works as a novelist, he spends most of his time at home, much to the delight of Chise. (Source: Wikipedia)
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A Manga Publication
- Format 149 × 27 ch × vol
- Total read 19h 52m approx
- Published Jun 1987 – Aug 2004
- Source Manga media type
- Ref. BS-M10371 catalog