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“A middle-aged man finds healing with his daughter's friend, confronting forbidden feelings and suppressed identity.”
Musume no Tomodachi
娘の友達
6.68
15,154 rank · 15,415 readers · 116 favorites
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Synopsis
A middle-aged man finds healing with his daughter's friend, confronting forbidden feelings and suppressed identity.
Kosuke has lived to play the ideal self as a father at home and as a manager at work. However, his life changes 180 degrees when he meets his daughter’s friend. In front of her, Kosuke was able to be his real self and his worn-out heart was healed. However, He knows that these are feelings that should never be held. The story of the Middle Aged Man Meets Girl, presented to the modern people who suppress themselves in society, begins. (Source: Mangasushi)
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Community consensus
Derived from 11 sampled reviews
7.9
/10
What 11 readers settled on.
100%
recommend
Score distribution
median 8
mode 7
σ 1.24
Agreement
Mostly aligned
σ 1.24 · some divergence
The polarity gap
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Not enough recommend signal yet
Score over time
↑ 0.91
Running avg · Oct 2019 → Feb 2026
Snap verdicts
· shortest highly-rated reviews
- 8 “Not gonna lie, the title sound suspiciously ecchi and thats the reason I read it. the story kinda makes me emotinal and thats good. from the title people already guess what kind of relationship in...”
- 7 “I'm currently writing this review after reading the entirety of the manga. I'll be upfront, I'm using this as a way to collect my thoughts. How do the people around you shape who you are as a...”
- 7 “A story about broken relationships. This was a nail-biter from start to finish, and although the ending left a little to be desired, I still have to say that this was a pretty good read. Musume no...”
Verbosity
Short · 9%
Medium · 55%
Long · 36%
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A Manga Publication
- Format 62 × 7 ch × vol
- Total read 8h 16m approx
- Published Apr 2019 – Dec 2020
- Source Manga media type
- Ref. BS-M51424 catalog