“Kou reunites with childhood love Yukako, now frail and stealing to survive, while he dates her look-alikes.”
Kono Te wo Hanasanai
この手をはなさない
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Kou reunites with childhood love Yukako, now frail and stealing to survive, while he dates her look-alikes.
Kou and Yukako were close friends as children until Yukako had to move away due to family debt. Still, Kou remembers Yukako as his first love. Years later, he claims not to be in love with her anymore, yet he only dates girls that remind him of her. Kou and Yukako meet once again, and although Kou has stayed the same, Yukako has changed—she's frail, has to steal to eat, and is living with a strange man she calls her "guardian." Included one-shots: Volume 1: Mukigen no Shiawase Volume 2: Sonna Romance
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A Manga Publication
- Format 10 × 2 ch × vol
- Total read 1h 20m approx
- Published Jun 1993 – Dec 1993
- Source Manga media type
- Ref. BS-M7500 catalog