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“Runaway Keito rebuilds life, falls for trumpeter Niki, who rejects commitment; Keito refuses to give up.”
Free Soul
free soul
7.02
3,344 readers · 25 favorites
Josei
Drama
Girls Love
Slice of Life
Erotica
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Synopsis
Runaway Keito rebuilds life, falls for trumpeter Niki, who rejects commitment; Keito refuses to give up.
After a heated argument with her mother, Keito runs away from home without knowing where to go. When she helps an old woman to carry her bags home, the woman offers to put her up in one of her rooms. Keito accepts and starts to pick up the pieces of her life. When she's not drawing her own comic, which features a black jazz singer named Angie, the young woman works at a record shop. That's where she meets and falls in love with Niki, an attractive trumpeter in a funk band. They sleep with each other. Unfortunately for Keito, Niki then explains that she's not interested in a serious relationship, but Keito is not willing to give up that easily... (Source: MU)
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median 6
mode 6
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· shortest highly-rated reviews
- 6 “Reading Free Soul feels like pausing time. There's not much too it and very little significant progression. Because of that, it starts inviting questions about why we choose to be where we are, why...”
- 6 “‘Free Soul’ is an interesting manga. It’s about a woman named Keito. She is a lesbian who got kicked out of home and is now staying with a kind painter woman and her cook who graciously offered her...”
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A Manga Publication
- Format 13 × 1 ch × vol
- Total read 1h 44m approx
- Published Jun 2004 – ongoing
- Source Manga media type
- Ref. BS-M2653 catalog