is a Japanese

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series written and illustrated by Rei Toma. Set in the same world as Toma's previous work ''

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'', the series was serialized in

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's ''

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'' magazine from January 2019 to January 2025, with the series' individual chapters collected into eighteen volumes.

Characters

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Media

Manga

Written and illustrated by Rei Toma, the series was serialized in

's ''

'' magazine from January 24, 2019 to January 24, 2025. Shogakukan published the series' individual chapters in eighteen ''

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'' volumes. In July 2020,

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announced that they licensed the series for English publication. On May 9, 2023, Viz Media launched their ''Viz Manga'' digital manga service, with the series' chapters receiving simultaneous English publication in North America as they are released in Japan. The series is also licensed in Indonesia by

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Volume list

Other media

A voice comic adaptation was released on the Flower Comics

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channel on June 24, 2021. It featured the voice performances of

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, Yuichi Nakamura,

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. An official fan book was released on July 25, 2025.

Reception

Rebecca Silverman from ''

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'' praised the story and use of silent panels, though she felt that some of the characters were too similar. Danica Davidson from ''

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'' praised the story and artwork. John C. Smith from ''

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'' praised the artwork and characters, though he felt the story shared many similarities to other ''shōjo'' manga. Gina DiGiovancarlo, also from ''Comic Book Resources'', likened the series' storytelling to that of the Chinese folk tale ''

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''. In 2022, the series was nominated for the 68th

Shogakukan Manga Award The is one of Japan's major manga are comics or graphic novels originating from Japan. Most manga conform to a style developed in Japan in the late 19th century, and the form has a long history in earlier Japanese art. The term is ...

in the ''shōjo'' manga category. Upon the release of the series' final volume on the 25th of July 2025, the publisher reported that the series had sold over 4 million copies. To commemorate this achievement,

released both a special B5-sized edition of the final 18th volume and an official fanbook alongside the mass market edition of volume 18.

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