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Deborah Is My Rival

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“College girl Asayo befriends her okama neighbor Deborah, a tea-ceremony heir, and unexpectedly falls in love.”

Manga4 volumes

Shoujo, Romance1996 - 1998

6.74 Community score

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College girl Asayo befriends her okama neighbor Deborah, a tea-ceremony heir, and unexpectedly falls in love.

Asayo starts university and lives alone for the first time. However, the handsome blonde guy living next door turns out to be an okama! Umenosuke Ichimatsu of the famous tea ceremony family is a cool guy who goes by the name of "Deborah." But unfortunately, he's a girl on the inside. So Asayo hangs out with him as a girlfriend… and falls in love with him?

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Reel · 01 Cat. №BS-M5659

A Manga Publication

Format: 4 vol; ch × vol
Published: Jan 1996 – Jan 1998
Source: Manga; media type
Ref.: BS-M5659; catalog

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