There is. Its called Love and Curse. Its supposedly a semi-autobiographyThis story line deserves a better manga.
There is. Its called Love and Curse. Its supposedly a semi-autobiographyThis story line deserves a better manga.
That’s what I meant when I used it, any pun detected was unintentionalAh. That can stand for "at the moment," too. Right.
Hm?
Seeing how utterly stupid Riku is, I assume the latter.Does her voicemail ever run out of microcassette tape? How did we get an answering machine trope in 2025?
Edit: Do you think he took breaks during the five minutes of jiggling the doorknob and like, looked at it all confused? Tried jiggling different ways? Or was it just five uninterrupted minutes of trying the same knob the same way before concluding it was locked?
Bruh there's no way her mum is this evil. That strains my suspension of disbelief.
So do we know what the dad did? Cause ive just kinda been reading this with my brain turned off.
Dad (Step Dad, IIRC) was getting overly physical with Umimi - not quite to the level of SA, leaving you the traditional "but is he really?" thriller dangling thread, but also very clearly escalating and heading that way to the point grandma stepped in and got her out of the house.My memory might be off, but he tried to sexually assault her, MC and MC mom managed to stop him
According to the author, this manga sells better than before. The sales of volume 2, which was released in August 2023, reached 100,000 copies in February 2025; (https://x.com/nikumarusuisann/status/1893241253489184983) on the other hand, volume 6 sold 100,000 copies in only one month. (https://x.com/nikumarusuisann/status/1901674237359976833)⚠️This post was made using MTL, so keep that in mind while reading. The purpose is to provide the MangaDex community with some insight into Japanese audience opinions—not to fish for internet points. So, please refrain from giving a 'like' or any other reaction. ⚠️
Here are some comments from the Japanese audience on the Sunday Webry app:
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As a bonus, here’s a graph showing the estimated sales for each volume in the first month, based on the Shoseki Ranking:
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Despite the criticism and a slight drop in sales, the decline is not substantial. The last five volumes have consistently ranked well, with positions ranging from 221 to 203. Keep in mind that the Shoseki Ranking includes the top 500 titles.
Look up "hypersexuality caused by sexual abuse". It is... depressingly common.I'm shocked - shocked! - to find that an insensitive handling of SA is happening in an NTR fetishist's manga. Sure, there was a time she was afraid of men, but don't worry, that all got stuffed into a flashback, so before Riku even woke up from his nap Umimi was all broken, crazy, and slutty for him like a good victim should be. /s
Fuck this so much.
Well, the Shoseki Ranking only tracks physical volumes sales from a sample of bookstores in Japan, so the manga is probably selling much better digitally.According to the author, this manga sells better than before. The sales of volume 2, which was released in August 2023, reached 100,000 copies in February 2025; (https://x.com/nikumarusuisann/status/1893241253489184983) on the other hand, volume 6 sold 100,000 copies in only one month. (https://x.com/nikumarusuisann/status/1901674237359976833)
Well, the Shoseki Ranking only tracks physical volumes sales from a sample of bookstores in Japan, so the manga is probably selling much better digitally.
Looking at Oricon's data (which also tracks physical copies), the manga appeared in the rankings only during its first week, where it sold well:
Oricon's numbers align with Shoseki's estimate of 7,756 copies sold in the first week. Considering the sales for February, it really seems like the author is referring to total sales (both physical and digital). snip
Yeah, but there was a slight drop in sales—for physical copies. And I also said that the decline is not substantial and that the volumes have consistently ranked well. Anyway, I added an asterisk on the chart to point out that it’s referring only to the sale of physical copies.That seems to be the crux of what they're getting at- that the sales aren't dropping overall as implied in the original post they replied to, and instead have accelerated; it's just not in physical copies, but digital, that it seems to be getting purchased. Specifically, the "slight drop in sales" part of, "Despite the criticism and a slight drop in sales..."
Author really out here ragebaiting himself into the ranking, by refusing to explain anything in the story and people being so frustrated they're buying it to find out, can assure you 70% of that are hate-reading it 😶Well, the Shoseki Ranking only tracks physical volumes sales from a sample of bookstores in Japan, so the manga is probably selling much better digitally.
Looking at Oricon's data (which also tracks physical copies), the manga appeared in the rankings only during its first week, where it sold well:
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Oricon's numbers align with Shoseki's estimate of 7,756 copies sold in the first week. Considering the sales for February, it really seems like the author is referring to total sales (both physical and digital). If there had been 100,000 physical copies sold, the manga would have appeared in Oricon's February ranking:
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