Mirai
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Series
Penance volume 5
Description
Fifteen years since the murder of her daughter, Asako is still overtaken with grief and resentment. One day she receives a vital new clue as to the identity of Emili's killer and sets out to find him. As she closes in on the truth, Asako finds herself in an unexpected location from her past.
Author
Series
Penance volume 4
Description
When Yuka was a child, her mother always favored Yuka's sickly older sister Mayu. Now the successful proprietor of a flower shop, Yuka is still consumed by jealousy. When Mayu marries a kindly policeman named Keita, Yuka's latent childhood traumas emerge and she concocts a plan to seduce him.
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Penance volume 1
Description
Tragedy strikes when Emili is shockingly murdered by a mysterious stranger. The other four girls present at the scene of the crime - Sae, Maki, Akiko and Yuka - are unable to remember the killer's face and the crime goes unsolved. Fifteen years later, a now adult Sae is paid a surprise visit on her wedding day.
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Series
Penance volume 2
Description
Maki is now a teacher at a strict elementary school and trains in self-defense techniques to combat her feelings of helplessness. When an attacker arrives at her school, Maki jumps into action to confront him, triggering a chain of unforeseen repercussions.