Aisarenakutemo Betsuni

A bestselling novel that won the Eiji Yoshikawa Literary Award for New Writers and was later adapted into a film is now reimagined as a manga by promising newcomer Sherry Lily. University student Hiyori Miyata spends nearly all her time working part-time jobs to cover tuition and living expenses. At home, she shoulders the burden of housework for her spendthrift mother. With no time or money to spare, she has no friends and no room to enjoy her youth—only endless days of exhaustion as her mind and body are slowly worn down. Bound by a sense of duty and love toward her mother, Hiyori’s bleak routine begins to change after meeting Masaru Enaga. Love is not a magical solution that erases everything. This is a story about women living with the harsh realities of modern society—abusive parents, neglect, and poverty—who, even without knowing what the future holds, search for a reason to hope in the present.