“A decade-spanning, secret love between tutor Youichi and ballet prodigy Nanao begins with casual sex.”
Asterisk
アステリスク
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A decade-spanning, secret love between tutor Youichi and ballet prodigy Nanao begins with casual sex.
Youichi Sawa is a college student vexed by his crush on Nanao, his tutoring student and promising ballet dancer. Sweet but arrogant, Nanao has a girlfriend, and Yoichi decides to keep his feelings a secret. But, when Nanao asks Youichi to have sex with him, he is powerless to refuse. What started out as only a physical relationship slowly grows into a ten year story of love, heartbreak, and reunion. (Source: Fantasista Inc.)
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A Manga Publication
- Format 5 × 1 ch × vol
- Total read 0h 40m approx
- Published Sep 2016 – Nov 2017
- Source Manga media type
- Ref. BS-M47821 catalog