“Depressed student Haru is comforted by teacher whose kindness masks escalating darkness she chooses to endure.”
Kagi no Nai Torikago
鍵のない鳥籠
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Depressed student Haru is comforted by teacher whose kindness masks escalating darkness she chooses to endure.
Haru is depressed after accidentally overhearing her friends true thoughts about her. One of teachers realizes this and comforts her. At first he seems like a kind and nice counselor but their relationship escalates quickly as the teacher reveals his hidden self. Haru decides to stick to this teacher but at the time she did not know just how deep the teachers darkness really was... (Source: MU)
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A Manga Publication
- Format 3 ch ch × vol
- Total read 0h 24m approx
- Published Jan 2015 – Mar 2015
- Source Manga media type
- Ref. BS-M32886 catalog