“Kanato's decade-long love for friend Sora is upended by another confession before he can speak.”
The beast is next to me
となりにケダモノ
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Kanato's decade-long love for friend Sora is upended by another confession before he can speak.
Three young men have been friends for the past 20 years. Kanato, an average guy who owns a family business, has had feelings for Sora, a cheerful young man with an unlucky past, for the past 10 years. Afraid that this can change their relationship, Kanato has been hesitant about confessing for a long time and ended up confiding first in Shin, a handsome business man. Although he finally musters up the courage to declare his feelings, before he gets the chance to confess to Sora himself, a different confession dissolves all his expectations and everything changes.
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A Manga Publication
- Format 5 × 1 ch × vol
- Total read 0h 40m approx
- Published Jul 2014 – Apr 2015
- Source Manga media type
- Ref. BS-M39399 catalog