“Abandoned male prostitute Shion seeks new purpose by seducing the doctor who took him in during Edo period.”
A Flower that Blooms in Shadow
陰の間に花
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Abandoned male prostitute Shion seeks new purpose by seducing the doctor who took him in during Edo period.
Long ago, in the Edo period—abandoned by his master due to the two bumps which appeared on his forehead, male prostitute Shion was taken in by a doctor who grows medicinal plants for the province. Shion, both his means of earning a living and his reason to live now lost, tries to win the doctor's favor with his body in hopes of gaining a new purpose and livelihood... (Source: Houbunsha)
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A Manga Publication
- Format 7 × 1 ch × vol
- Total read 0h 56m approx
- Published Mar 2019 – Aug 2019
- Source Manga media type
- Ref. BS-M71302 catalog