“Two heartbroken women—Hotaruko and Kaori—share a melancholic, lyrical tale of love lost and sorrow.”
Hotaruko
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Two heartbroken women—Hotaruko and Kaori—share a melancholic, lyrical tale of love lost and sorrow.
Hotaruko is a twenty-one year old who has had her love stolen from her. Broken in love with the one she cares about, Hotaruk meets Kaori, a girl whose husband was taken away from her and who has a crazy mother. It's a wistful, sad, yet beautiful story, like a lyric song about a woman's lament. (Source: Chuuoukouron Shinsha, translated) Included one-shot: Sankaku Kankei no You ni
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A Manga Publication
- Format 51 × 1 ch × vol
- Total read 6h 48m approx
- Published Aug 1976 – Sep 1977
- Source Manga media type
- Ref. BS-M56696 catalog