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“Facing forced marriage, Kokoro creates a lesbian romance sketchbook exploring love and desire among local women.”
Yuri Espoir
ゆりでなる♥えすぽわーる
7.67
2,089 rank · 2,172 readers · 46 favorites
Comedy
Drama
Girls Love
Slice of Life
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Synopsis
Facing forced marriage, Kokoro creates a lesbian romance sketchbook exploring love and desire among local women.
After finding out she is to be forced into an marriage of convenience as soon as she graduates high school, Kokoro sees her life ending before her eyes at her father's wishes. And so in her final year of high school, she decides to indulge in her love of other women, and create an incredible sketchbook of lesbian romance to leave behind as her legacy. As she observes the young women of her town, she learns more about their desires, their struggles, and the unpredictable whims of love. (Source: Tokyopop)
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8.7
/10
What 3 readers settled on.
100%
recommend
Score distribution
median 9
mode 9
σ 0.47
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σ 0.47 · scores cluster tight
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Not enough recommend signal yet
Score over time
↑ 0.67
Running avg · Jun 2022 → Sep 2024
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· shortest highly-rated reviews
- 8 “This manga centers on Kokoro, a teenage yuri fanatic who's dreading her impending arranged marriage. She seeks solace by escaping into the romantic fantasies she concocts for the pairs of women she...”
- 9 “The cute, shoujo art style is a trojan horse - this manga gets HEAVY. But the tone of patriarchal horror is balanced well with slice of life comedy. The serialized story alternates by chapter with...”
- 9 “Very original concept. Kokoro sees two women/girls together, sketches their love story after her imagination and afterwards we get to see a glimpse of the women's actual realities. Each of the...”
Verbosity
Short · 67%
Medium · 33%
Long · 0%
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A Manga Publication
- Published Mar 2019 – ongoing
- Source Manga media type
- Ref. BS-M51037 catalog