is a Japanese ''

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written and illustrated by

Takako Shimura is a Japanese manga artist. She is primarily known for her manga works which feature LGBT (especially lesbian and transgender) topics. Career Her best known and selling series are '' Aoi Hana'' and ''Wandering Son''. ''Aoi Hana'' was adapted ...

. It was serialized in

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's ''

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'' magazine from March 2019 to August 2023. A live-action television drama adaptation is set to premiere in April 2025.

Plot

When Ayano, an elementary school teacher in her thirties, runs into a friendly woman, Akari, at favourite bar, sparks begin to fly. As the night comes to a close, Ayano goes in for a kiss, however their new formed connection becomes far more complicated when Akari finds out that Ayano has a husband.

Media

Manga

Written and illustrated by

, ''Even Though We're Adults'' was serialized in

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Volume list

Drama

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and

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was announced on February 18, 2025. It is set to premiere on

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on April 26, 2025.

Reception

Erica Friedman of ''

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'' in her review of volume 1 noted her ambivalent relationships towards Shimura's work due to the "varying degrees of verisimilitude" that Shimura has toward gender and sexual minorities within their work; further commenting that "this story feels equal parts solid and kind of icky. It may also be that I’m not particularly thrilled to have either another “messy relationship with a married woman story” or a story that makes the lesbian performatively self-loathy. At the same time, there are elements here that keep bringing me back to this story" In her volume 6 review she went on to praise the series as a whole, "I’m still of the belief that this is Shimura-sensei’s best work to date and I just hope she has a clear ending in mind – whether it’s the ending I want, or not." Anna Williams, writing from

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, noted that Shimura handled the topics of marriage, cheating, and discovering one's sexuality in adulthood, with "expertise and grace"; remarking that the series "is an absolute must-read series for anyone searching for a yuri manga that chooses to take a much more somber, bittersweet look at love."

References

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* * {{Kiss magazine 2010s LGBTQ literature Japanese girls' love television series Josei manga Kodansha manga LGBTQ-related anime and manga Seven Seas Entertainment titles Yuri (genre) anime and manga 2019 LGBTQ-related literary works