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“29-year-old virgin's life upended when new busty colleague sparks love and sexual obsession.”
Ori no Naka
澱の中
5.99
21,630 rank · 2,705 readers · 11 favorites
Seinen
Adult Cast
Workplace
Suspense
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Synopsis
29-year-old virgin's life upended when new busty colleague sparks love and sexual obsession.
Jirou Gomi, a 29-year-old virgin, has spent the past nine years nerding out with his work colleagues about anime during lunch and drawing erotic doujinshi at night so he can masturbate. However, one day, this comfort zone of his is thrown into disarray by the introduction of a new colleague, Kuroko Yumezora, a bespectacled beauty with long, dark hair and a massive chest. It only takes a moment to fall in love, just like how it takes a moment to lose your footing. This is the story of a weak man's sins and sexual fixations. (Source: Kodansha, translated)
What people say
Community consensus
Derived from 3 sampled reviews
7.7
/10
What 3 readers settled on.
100%
recommend
Score distribution
median 8
mode 8
σ 0.47
Agreement
Strong agreement
σ 0.47 · scores cluster tight
The polarity gap
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Not enough recommend signal yet
Score over time
↑ 0.67
Running avg · May 2025 → Jan 2026
Snap verdicts
· shortest highly-rated reviews
- 7 “Ori no Naka feels like watching a flaming trainwreck, and I do not mean that as an insult. The main characters of this manga are such degenerates, and yet the author does such a good job at making...”
- 8 “You see, this isn't the kind of manga you enjoy, no, you HATE every single page you're reading, but it feels like a drug you can't stop consuming. Almost no manga go to the levels this one goes....”
- 8 “As this manga has just ended, it is finally time to write a proper review on it. Firstly, it should be mentioned that this work does not shy away from talk about sex and depictions of it. It's also...”
Verbosity
Short · 0%
Medium · 33%
Long · 67%
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A Manga Publication
- Published Feb 2025 – Jan 2026
- Source Manga media type
- Ref. BS-M80986 catalog