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“Shy Mizuki, pressured by her mother, takes Mako's money-making advice with tragic consequences.”
Adabana
adabana -徒花-
7.59
2,596 rank · 21,772 readers · 388 favorites
Seinen
Psychological
Drama
Mystery
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Synopsis
Shy Mizuki, pressured by her mother, takes Mako's money-making advice with tragic consequences.
Mizuki is a quiet and reserved girl who is about to take the entrance exam. She lives with her rigid and possessive mother, concerned that her daughter's grades are not good enough to go to a good university. The only escape route for Mizuki is Mako, her only friend, with whom she shares confidences and can vent. One day, talking about the trip they plan to take after the entrance exams, Mako suggested to Mizuki an easy and quick way to earn money to make her dream come true. However, Mizuki couldn't suspect that her friend's seemingly innocent advice would have dire consequences for both of them...
What people say
Community consensus
Derived from 11 sampled reviews
7.8
/10
What 11 readers settled on.
89%
recommend
Score distribution
median 8
mode 10
σ 2.08
Agreement
Polarized
σ 2.08 · split reception
The polarity gap
5.8 pts
Recommenders 8.8 · others 3.0
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Score over time
↓ 0.18
Running avg · Aug 2021 → Feb 2026
Snap verdicts
· shortest highly-rated reviews
- 10 “A story worthy of a series, or something that no one should ever see. Earn easy money? It's never true, full of plot twists that make you think differently each chapter. Mako's perspective is...”
- 8 “really good. but leave you with pain after reading like tf. its hurt sm. I have a love hate relationship with this manga. In pain. but highly rcm tho. it was really good with every specific...”
- 7 “It's expected that when reading into this genre, it's inevitably gonna dabble on some misery porn, and ngl, the first volume felt like was going with this route especially when tropes like the...”
Verbosity
Short · 55%
Medium · 27%
Long · 18%
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A Manga Publication
- Format 28 × 3 ch × vol
- Total read 3h 44m approx
- Published Mar 2020 – Jun 2021
- Source Manga media type
- Ref. BS-M53141 catalog