“Lovestruck freshman Shuku nobly backs her crush Aoto’s affection for another girl after learning he’s already smitten.”
Suki ni Narazu ni Irarenai
好きにならずにいられない
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Lovestruck freshman Shuku nobly backs her crush Aoto’s affection for another girl after learning he’s already smitten.
Shuku Sakae is a high school freshman who has never experienced love, but is interested in it. She falls in love with Aoto Musubu, a kind and shy classmate who had to repeat a grade due to a certain accident last year. But she is quickly heartbroken after finding out that Aoto already has a girl that he likes. Shuku then decides to put her love aside and chooses to support Aoto's love. (Source: MU) Included one-shots: Volume 2: Dokidoki Gokko, Sakurako no Isu
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A Manga Publication
- Format 11 × 2 ch × vol
- Total read 1h 28m approx
- Published Apr 2016 – Dec 2016
- Source Manga media type
- Ref. BS-M48008 catalog