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. It was originally serialized in the ''josei'' manga magazine ''

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'' from 2000 to 2001, and collected in a single

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. The film based on this manga was produced in 2006, and the DVD was released on May 4, 2007 and was released in the United States by

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. It was also shown in Los Angeles on December 2, 2007.

Story

Ichiko Izumiya is an eighteen-year-old woman who goes to language school in university and works part-time at a music store. She lives with her father, Housei Izumiya, who translates English novels into Japanese for a living. Her mother died seven years before the story begins. Ichiko also has a girlfriend named Eri Joujima. When she comes out as a lesbian to her father, her father shocks her by telling her that both he and her mother are also gay. They had wanted to raise a child, and had agreed to marry in name to raise a child in Japan, while mutually being in their own relationships. The rest of the story shows Ichiko meeting her parents' lovers, her daily life and love with Eri.

Characters / Cast

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) *Eri Joujima ( Asami Imajuku) *Housei Izumiya (

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) *Take-chan ( Issei Takahashi) *Yukako (

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) *Akira (

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) *Customer at CD Shop ( Chiharu Kawai) *Eri's father ( Ken Teraizumi) *Chinami ( Naomi Akimoto) *Kengo Tachibana (

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) *Professor Saeko (

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) *Ichiko's mother (

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)

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