An award-winner and top-seller in Japan, this provocative new manga handles its controversial subject with insight and sensitivity.Satoko considers the time she spends with Mashuu to be special. One day she gets a glimpse into his warped...

An award-winner and top-seller in Japan, this provocative new manga handles its controversial subject with insight and sensitivity. Satoko continues to spend time with Mashuu, until one evening when Mashuu's father happens to discover...

An award-winner and top-seller in Japan, this provocative new manga handles its controversial subject with insight and sensitivity."...Emotionally poignancy is due not just to this thoughtful writing but also to the beautiful art, which...

An award-winner and top-seller in Japan, this provocative new manga handles its controversial subject with insight and sensitivity."...Emotionally poignancy is due not just to this thoughtful writing but also to the beautiful art, which...

An award-winner and top-seller in Japan, this provocative new manga handles its controversial subject with insight and sensitivity. Satoko Tawada, a 30-year-old office worker. Mashuu Hayami, a 12-year-old student. Satoko is transferred...

After Mashuu’s father finds out just how involved Satoko had gotten in his son’s life, he uses a work connection to have Satoko transferred all the way to Sendai. She lives back home with her mother and sister, going through the motions...