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“Photographer falls for straight gallery owner; their painful, heart-wrenching love story unfolds on an island.”
Focus
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7.23
2,431 readers · 9 favorites
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Synopsis
Photographer falls for straight gallery owner; their painful, heart-wrenching love story unfolds on an island.
A young photographer, Hirami Yuichi visits an island for an exhibition and meets the gallery's owner, Asahina Jun and fell in love at first sight. Even with a direct approach, it doesn't reach the heterosexual Asahina. However, one day when Asahina talked about his past with him, he was moved and he hugged him. Getting closer or staying away, both of them make it hard to leave. A painful love story that will squeeze your heartstrings. It is Nishi Noriko's debut piece! (Source: Hoshikuzuu Scans)
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7.0
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What 2 readers settled on.
100%
recommend
Score distribution
median 7
mode 6
σ 1.00
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Strong agreement
σ 1.00 · scores cluster tight
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Not enough recommend signal yet
Score over time
↓ 1.00
Running avg · Aug 2020 → Jul 2023
Snap verdicts
· shortest highly-rated reviews
- 8 “This manga really touched my heart. From the description it seems a typical yaoi: Gay guy meets straight guy and somehow they fall in love have sex yada yada. However... It is quite different and...”
- 6 “The story itself wasn't bad and there is no SA or any love triangles however the ending is bad in my opinion. They never talked about moving in together or at least to the same city, the ML doesn't...”
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Short · 50%
Medium · 50%
Long · 0%
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A Manga Publication
- Format 8 × 2 ch × vol
- Total read 1h 04m approx
- Published Oct 2014 – Aug 2015
- Source Manga media type
- Ref. BS-M32719 catalog