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“80-year-old novelist Mariko leaves multigenerational home, restarting life alone in a manga cafe.”

Sanju Mariko

傘寿まり子

7.38

4,385 rank · 1,277 readers · 7 favorites

Josei Award Winning Slice of Life

84 chapters · 16 volumes · 2016 - 2021 · Manga

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Synopsis

80-year-old novelist Mariko leaves multigenerational home, restarting life alone in a manga cafe.

The manga centers on 80-year-old veteran novelist Mariko Kouda, who lives with the families of both her son and her grandson in one house. Feeling like she no longer has any place in her home, she decides to leave the house and strike out on her own, beginning with living in a manga cafe in the city. (Source: ANN)