“Teen girl with sexual trauma meets delinquent who offers to help her overcome pain through intimacy.”
Lovenista
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Synopsis
Teen girl with sexual trauma meets delinquent who offers to help her overcome pain through intimacy.
Sixteen-year-old Yun Morokawa would not describe herself as a "lovenista" or "love expert." Although she falls in love frequently and easily, she can never stay with any guy for long. For Yun, sex causes extreme pain and none of her past boyfriends have been sympathetic regarding her discomfort. Yun has never had reason to interact with juvenile delinquent and gang leader Hiromichi Kondou. But one day, a chance encounter leads to an honest conversation between them. Hiromichi reveals that he secretly aspires to become a make-up artist, and in turn, she divulges her aversion to sex which wars with the constant need to be in a relationship. Hiromichi suggests that Yun would feel pleasure instead of pain with the right sexual partner—and he offers his assistance as a way to help overcome her trauma.
What people say
Community consensus
Derived from 5 sampled reviews
What 5 readers settled on.
Strong agreement
σ 0.98 · scores cluster tight
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Not enough recommend signal yet
↑ 1.80
Running avg · May 2008 → May 2014
- 7 “A sweet story with a definite twist when you look at everything the male character was involved with. I appreciate the struggle that Yun went through to try to do the best thing for herself...”
- 7 “The animation in this manga was great. It had its own sense of cleanness and grace. The story was good, slutty girl falls in love with punk guy and they "mend" each other. At least the characters...”
- 8 “i'll keep this as brief as possible. first, i love this mangaka. as with most of her work, her plots ans heroines are refreshing takes on old cliches. that said, i was rather disappointed with this...”
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A Manga Publication
- Format 10 × 2 ch × vol
- Total read 1h 20m approx
- Published Jan 2006 – ongoing
- Source Manga media type
- Ref. BS-M1349 catalog