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“Novelist Sena falls for her sister's best friend Kiku after her sister leaves for work abroad.”
Ane no Shinyuu, Watashi no Koibito.
姉の親友、私の恋人。
7.42
4,007 rank · 2,948 readers · 19 favorites
Shounen
Girls Love
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Synopsis
Novelist Sena falls for her sister's best friend Kiku after her sister leaves for work abroad.
"Embracing these feelings that are mine and mine alone." It's a story about the love between the novelist Sena and her sister's best friend, Kiku. Sena harbors a platonic love for her own sister, but one day her sister introduced her to a girlfriend, and she felt a sense of loss. Since then, Sena tried to keep her distance from her sister, but she couldn't bear the loneliness and couldn't leave. Meanwhile, her sister decided to work abroad, leaving Sena alone again. Then her sister's best friend, Kiku, comes to Sena's house constantly to see her. (Source: MU)
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Community consensus
Derived from 3 sampled reviews
9.7
/10
What 3 readers settled on.
100%
recommend
Score distribution
median 10
mode 10
σ 0.47
Agreement
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σ 0.47 · scores cluster tight
The polarity gap
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Not enough recommend signal yet
Score over time
↓ 0.33
Running avg · Nov 2022 → Jul 2025
Snap verdicts
· shortest highly-rated reviews
- 9 “Fantastic. This was an unexpected read from me, as I'm not into yuri. However, the premise piqued my interest. I was curious to see whether the author went for the full-on fetishization route or...”
- 10 “This is a very interesting and unique story. This has the most nuanced and well handled portrayal of self-hatred that I have come across. Despite that, it is not a depressing story, but is instead...”
- 10 “Reading all four volumes in one seating was a wonderful surprise. This romance manga tackles delicate topics like family bonds, depression, fear of abandonment and how to handle the way feelings...”
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A Manga Publication
- Format 25 × 4 ch × vol
- Total read 3h 20m approx
- Published Jun 2021 – Aug 2023
- Source Manga media type
- Ref. BS-M62252 catalog