“Hiro rescues hostile Yamaga from a dump; their tense cohabitation slowly reveals unexpected depths.”
Hakidame ni Koi
はきだめに恋
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Synopsis
Hiro rescues hostile Yamaga from a dump; their tense cohabitation slowly reveals unexpected depths.
Under the cold weather, Hiro comes across a man who collapses in a garbage dump near his house. He nurses the man, Yamaga, who is weak and refuses to be helped and decides to let him stay with him. The distance between them is strange and frightening, and Hiro is always at a loss for what to do, but as they live together, he begins to see an unexpected side to the man...? (Source: Tokyo Mangasha, translated)
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A Manga Publication
- Format 6 × 1 ch × vol
- Total read 0h 48m approx
- Published Sep 2021 – May 2022
- Source Manga media type
- Ref. BS-M86180 catalog