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“35-year-old Sayaka hides her baby desire from her perfect husband, confiding in friend Rui who harbors a secret.”
Guilty
ギルティ ～鳴かぬ蛍が身を焦がす～
6.81
12,796 rank · 610 readers · 4 favorites
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Romance
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Synopsis
35-year-old Sayaka hides her baby desire from her perfect husband, confiding in friend Rui who harbors a secret.
Affection, betrayal, desperation—love between grown-ups is never a rational thing. Sayaka, age 35, has lived with the perfect husband for ten years. Perfect, that is, except for his disinterest in raising a child—she wants one badly, but just can't come clean to him about it. Instead she unloads her frustrations on her younger friend Rui at their favorite bar. They trust each other enough to talk about almost anything—but Rui has a secret she can't even let Sayaka know about! (Source: Kodansha Comics USA)
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mode 7
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· shortest highly-rated reviews
- 8 “I took me several years to finish reading this manga. The main reason I was attracted to it and kept going was the connection between the female and male leads. However nasty the story got, every...”
- 7 “Absolutely brutal, gritty, dark romance/drama. This is a supposed josei series, but it crosses over into seinen territory sometimes. I wish it could keep up its quality in the later volumes, as the...”
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A Manga Publication
- Format 63 × 13 ch × vol
- Total read 8h 24m approx
- Published Sep 2017 – Oct 2022
- Source Manga media type
- Ref. BS-M53456 catalog