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“Playful shopkeeper Shuuji starts a casual fling with serious gay doctor Takafumi, unexpectedly developing deeper feelings.”
Hide and Seek
秘めごとあそび
8.02
7,450 readers · 90 favorites
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Synopsis
Playful shopkeeper Shuuji starts a casual fling with serious gay doctor Takafumi, unexpectedly developing deeper feelings.
Easygoing and playful Shuuji Tanihara has been on his best behavior lately: between his old-fashioned shop that sells cheap candies, toys, and the like, and taking care of his ex-wife's young daughter as a single man, he has had neither the time nor the inclination to pursue anything even remotely adventurous. So when Takafumi Saji—the new pediatrician in town with a serious disposition that could scare away his patients—walks into Shuuji's store, the bored shopkeeper immediately laps up the opportunity to kill time by allowing the gay doctor to seduce him. However, Shuuji soon realizes that this was never meant to be just a lighthearted fling, and he slowly begins to deal with his new, unfamiliar feelings for Takafumi.
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8.5
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What 2 readers settled on.
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recommend
Score distribution
median 8.5
mode 8
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Running avg · Sep 2012 → Jul 2020
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· shortest highly-rated reviews
- 8 “The story has a great theme, the love of two men who have different personalities and had their own struggles of becoming lovers, it was very lovely. An important impact that the story has is the...”
- 9 “While reading this review, please take into consideration that at this moment there are only 7 chapters released, so this is mostly based on the first volume of the manga. The sweets shop owner,...”
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A Manga Publication
- Format 15 × 3 ch × vol
- Total read 2h 00m approx
- Published May 2011 – Jan 2014
- Source Manga media type
- Ref. BS-M16725 catalog