“Abandoned girl Esora is transported to another realm, enslaved, and must train as a courtesan to uncover her captor's secret.”
Ugly Duckling of the Entertainment District
みにくい遊郭の子
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Abandoned girl Esora is transported to another realm, enslaved, and must train as a courtesan to uncover her captor's secret.
Abandoned by her latest family, Esora is left with nothing and nowhere to go. Starving, she steals food from a temple and sneaks inside to wait out a thunderstorm. When she wakes up, she's been transported to a different realm, and sold in chains to a mysterious man in a paper mask. Trapped in a strange new world, Esora must now begin training to become a Courtesan if she wants any hope of regaining her freedom and discovering the masked man's secret... (Source: Mangamo)
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A Manga Publication
- Published May 2021 – ongoing
- Source Manga media type
- Ref. BS-M70212 catalog