is a Japanese

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''shōjo'' manga series written and illustrated by Ai Minase and serialized on

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's ''

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'' magazine. 12 volumes were published. It is published in France by Panini.

Characters

*Koharu Shiina *Natsuki Sugiura *Aki Saionji

Volumes

*1 (November 26, 2012) *2 (December 26, 2012) *3 (March 26, 2013) *4 (June 26, 2013) *5 (September 26, 2013) *6 (January 24, 2014) *7 (March 26, 2014) *8 (July 25, 2014) *9 (September 26, 2014) *10 (December 26, 2014) *11 (March 26, 2015) *12 (August 26, 2015)

Reception

Volume 1 reached the 35th place on the weekly

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manga chart and, as of December 2, 2012, has sold 25,522 copies; volume 2 reached the 41st place and, as of December 30, 2012, has sold 27,923 copies; volume 5 reached the 16th place and, as of October 6, 2013, has sold 71,993 copies; volume 6 reached the 11th place and, as of February 2, 2014, has sold 76,972 copies; volume 7 reached the 12th place and, as of April 6, 2014, has sold 92,459 copies; volume 8 reached the 20th place and, as of August 3, 2014, has sold 76,089 copies; volume 9 reached the 26th place and, as of October 5, 2014, has sold 73,490 copies; volume 11 reached the 17th place and, as of April 5, 2015, had sold 81,481 copies. The staff at manga-news.com gave the French edition a grade of 16 out of 20. On Manga Sanctuary, one of the staff members gave it a grade of 5 out of 10.

References

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