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series written and illustrated by Yui Sakuma. The series began as a

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'' ''seinen'' manga website in May 2013. The one-shot drew 1.25 million viewers to the website and won a

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Prize. It was relaunched on 22 May 2014 and ran until 4 June 2015. The manga was licensed for release in North America by

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. A comic video adaptation was released on the ''Morning'' website alongside the fifth volume in August 2015. The series was compiled into six volumes.

Plot

Both continuity tell stories about a woman who have hobby in clothing, Gothic Lolita and cosplay respectively, while her age crept up and making her hobby socially inappropriate age-wise. The series' epilogue shows that the series' protagonist is one shot protagonist's daughter. The original one-shot focused on Sawako, a married 34-year-old woman with an interest in the

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culture which she tries to conceal from her coworkers. The 2014 series focused on 26 year old Nagisa Kataura, a

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ing delivery company employee who also tries to hide her passion from her coworkers. She was voiced by Kyōko Narumi in the voice manga.

Volume list

References

External links

* One-shot manga Seinen manga Japanese webcomics 2010s webcomics Webcomics in print Kodansha manga 2013 manga 2014 manga 2015 webcomic endings Lolita fashion Cosplay {{manga-stub