“Childhood friends Tatsunoshin and Nanami share intimate bond; he leaves island to escape dependency, she refuses to let go.”
Hatsukoi no Kaeru Shima
初恋の帰る島
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Childhood friends Tatsunoshin and Nanami share intimate bond; he leaves island to escape dependency, she refuses to let go.
Tatsunoshin, an aspiring cook, and Nanami, a diver, are close childhood friends who, before they knew what happened, were even masturbating together. For the sake of changing how he's always doting on Nanami, Tatsunoshin decides to leave the island. But Nanami won't give him up, saying "Leaving the island won't change that I'm the most important person to you." (Source: Frontier Works, translated)
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A Manga Publication
- Format 6 × 1 ch × vol
- Total read 0h 48m approx
- Published Aug 2020 – Jun 2021
- Source Manga media type
- Ref. BS-M61104 catalog