“Mangaka Fujiwara secretly listens to his former teacher and first crush, now married neighbor Yuuki, through thin apartment walls.”
Rakujitsu no Pathos
落日のパトス
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Synopsis
Mangaka Fujiwara secretly listens to his former teacher and first crush, now married neighbor Yuuki, through thin apartment walls.
What happens when next door to Fujiwara, an upcoming mangaka, moves Yuuki, who was his teacher back in high school and first crush? Yuuki, now a married woman, is starting a new life in the city, but her husband is always away on business trips so she finds comfort in the company of her former student, but what she doesn't realize is that Fujiwara can listen to everything happening in her apartment through the building's thin walls... (Source: Manga Fox)
What people say
Community consensus
Derived from 3 sampled reviews
What 3 readers settled on.
Strong agreement
σ 0.47 · scores cluster tight
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Not enough recommend signal yet
↓ 0.33
Running avg · May 2019 → Apr 2024
- 7 “I really appreciate the equality between the MC and love interest, and the art style perfectly scratches that 2004 anime itch while offering detailed backgrounds and plenty of T While the...”
- 7 “One of the more curious fantasies people have is becoming involved in a complicated relationship with another person. What is curious, indeed, is why the relationship appears so much more...”
- 6 “The characters are fun and well-developed, providing a solid foundation for the series. However, the narrative is plagued by a frustrating cycle of endless "edging" and repetitive plot resets that...”
Read Order & Related
A self-contained story.
No sequels, spin-offs or alternate tellings — Rakujitsu no Pathos begins and ends here.
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A Manga Publication
- Published Nov 2014 – ongoing
- Source Manga media type
- Ref. BS-M35937 catalog