More Than Lovers, Less Than Friends

[MangaDex]

 

[Alncst]

Pretty damn good, but as i was reading it i felt something was off first i thought it was the av thing but no the thing i dont like about this is the pretend stuff.

 

[HoangDinh]

Holy shit! I just realized but both the Japanese title and the English title are kinda the opposite of Fuufu Ijou, Koibito Miman.

 

[Encyclopedium]

Pretty fresh element--and risky too for a JP work, it's interesting because it's such an uncommon story element. Both are Ex-Porn stars. In a way this makes the pure love aspect more believable, with all they've done the material is out of the way and all that's left is to explore each other as people. And hey, retired JAV stars are pretty cool people, if Trash Tastes hidden 5th member is any example.

If you're looking around, give this story a shot, I think it's worthwhile

 

[DongJohnson]

I like it. It's not super groundbreaking, but it's cute and as wholesome as you can ask for from a manga about ex-AV stars.

 

[jeremymd]

First of all, despite the themes the title would suggest, this seems to be completely wholesome through and through.

Starts out like typical anime nonsense, but it slowly becomes something a bit more serious and contemplative even. The art also starts out as such, wacky and exaggerated, but later, you see the definite improvement on how the characters look despite keeping their cartoonic proportions. And based on some of the colored panels, I wouldn't be surprised at all if this gets an anime adaptation.

 

[Cwbintn]

I want these two to get married and have children immediately.
make it happen, gentlemen.

 

[OmnipotentCheese]

I get healed reading this.

 

[Drongy]

This is a rather unique manga with the themes and is well executed.

 

[Nyanyan444]

My stupid brain interpret it as vtuber and realized after read first chapter and back to description to make sure

 

[Nyanyan444]

The one and only question is, why she so tiny?

 

[Joe10]

The one and only question is, why she so tiny?

1. Size difference
2. Adorable

 

[LordDante1998]

I really do not like how this manga portrays the porn industry as something harmless.

Studies have been done again and again and again and again.

And almost all of them come to the same results. The industry is a completely fucked up place that ruins most involved with it and is often very questionable in what is forced and what isn't, especially in Japan.

The industry most certainly is not a wholesome place and should not be portrayed as such.

If it wanted to go with this setup the story should have gone for an extremely dark drama story.

 

[13thclam]

This is super wholesome and I love it.

 

[pip25]

With some regret, I'm dropping this. It's cute, but it's not going anywhere. After 46 chapters, that is a problem.

 

[Asteroid0824]

i just wanted to confirm something , like she said in chapter 46 at the end that if he has any AV of her hes in them anyways so i think he is the only actor she has ever worked with

 

[sVeeK]

With some regret, I'm dropping this. It's cute, but it's not going anywhere. After 46 chapters, that is a problem.

But... THAT CAN'T BE IT CAN'T BE YOU ARE WORKING UNDER THE GOVERMENT 🥲

 

[TheManWhoSeeks]

It's bleak. No official English release either. Just another middle finger for us.

 

[Davpyu]

damn it got nuked too o7

 

[Darkshade13]

Does anyone remember what group was working on this? I've been trying to check with groups who have lost series on her or whose work might be in danger to see what their plans are, but I never recorded who was doing this series and with absolutely no chapters left standing there's no easy way to look back that I can think of.