“Overworked curry-shop daughter dreams of college freedom and finds love with supportive childhood friend.”
Aka Tougarashi Monogatari
赤とうがらし物語
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Overworked curry-shop daughter dreams of college freedom and finds love with supportive childhood friend.
Yuuko has a dream that one day when she becomes a college student, she will be free from her restrained life. Her father owns a Japanese Curry Rice shop and most of Yuuko's personal time is spent helping her father run the business. Between helping her dad and studying Yuuko is constantly busy, but she gets help and support from an old friend and later she slowly begins to fall in love with him.
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A Manga Publication
- Format 1 vol ch × vol
- Published Jan 1990 – Jan 1991
- Source Manga media type
- Ref. BS-M12682 catalog