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『一人の人間に固執した事はない』──。新入社員・桐山は、27歳にして副部長の小夜に「実務で教える事はない」と言われ、研修期間を終了した。2人は、期間限定・カラダから始まる「GAME」の恋愛を未だ続けている。ある日桐山が『車で遠出しませんか』と誘う。そのとき小夜は……。
2018年4月刊。

192 pages, Paperback

First published April 5, 2018

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Mai Nishikata

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Japanese: 西形 まい

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630 reviews561 followers
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January 1, 2022
love them love fushi she has the dignity main characters usually lack in smut/romance manga
Profile Image for Débora Carolina (Perdida na Leitura).
276 reviews16 followers
August 2, 2020
Durante 4 volumes acompanhamos o jogo de "amor" entre Sayo e Kiriyama, com a regra de "quem se apaixonar primeiro perde o jogo". Vimos ambos se entregarem a seus desejos, a compatibilidade sexual entre os dois, assim como o lento despertar de sentimentos mais profundos, por mais que eles lutem contra isso.
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Mesmo que os dois tenham entrado nesse tipo de relacionamento com plena consciência do que era esperado, é impossível que o contato constante e o envolvimento de um na vida do outro não os afete emocionalmente, o que acabou levando a um limite definitivo para um dos personagens (não falarei o nome, só lendo pra saber quem cedeu primeiro).
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Tanto Sayo quanto Kiriyama mostraram novas facetas e se abriram de maneiras que não esperavam, no entanto Kiriyama ainda segue muito misterioso, mesmo que tenhamos conhecimento de um pedaço de sua personalidade (pequeno demais pra julgar o todo que constitui).
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O volume termina de tal maneira, que é impossível não ficarmos curiosos sobre os caminhos que a mangaká vai tomar a partir daqui e quais serão as próximas atitudes dos protagonistas. Todavia, como estamos igualados com a edição japonesa, e somente agora que a Mai Nishikata voltou a trabalhar nesse título, vai levar um bom tempo até que o volume 5 chegue para gente.
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412 reviews10 followers
August 12, 2023
C’était prévisible. Même moi qui suis nulle pour voir un plot arrivée, celui-là je l’ai vu plus gros qu’un camion volé et ça m’eneeeeeeeeeeeerve.
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497 reviews51 followers
September 10, 2019
Finally, Kiriyama's POV and a flashback of his university life. Seeing his view of things is really...interesting.
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1,057 reviews34 followers
January 16, 2019
L’histoire suis son cours et Kiriyama, Sayo et quelques uns de leurs collègues et amis partent en vacances ensemble à la plage. L’occasion pour un nouveau rapprochement…

Le personnage de Takahata est excellent et très drôle puisqu’il ne pense qu’à se trouver une copine à tout prix !

Les dernières pages nous laissent sur un suspense et dans l’attente de la suite. On sent que l’histoire arrive à un tournant et c’est tant mieux car cela évite qu’elle tourne en rond inutilement.

J’attends avec impatiente la sortie du tome 5 et j’espère que la date de parution sera bientôt annoncée ! ♥

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628 reviews17 followers
August 30, 2020
I NEED THE NEXT ONE HE IS GONNA GO CRAZY I JUST KNOW!!!
Profile Image for Bailey.
1,222 reviews39 followers
October 28, 2023
Few things of note:

*Song that runs through my mind every time I read a vol. of this series: "Somebody Else" by The 1975. If you know, you know.
*I cannot fathom the intricacies that grow from catching feelings from a... I hesitate to call these two FWB, not much friendship to be had... so situation-ship that was meant to prevent said feelings!
*Ryoichi's hot and cold with Sayo is annoying and I get why she's unwilling to give into her newfound love. He's either a sleaze for her body, or MIA.
*What happened to their first solo outing?! Did I blink and miss it?
*That ending... when she says "I forfeit the game". And Ryoichi's all "So you did find someone to love?" Sayo says "Yes, and it's you". He lets her leave in tears at finally realizing where her heart lies and there's not even a panel of his reaction?! The next volume needs to be in English or maybe I'll take up whatever language it is published in. If all else fails, I have Google Translate. BUT REGARDLESS, I MUST KNOW WHAT HAPPENS!!!!

This series is the definition of adult angst. And I'm sure many readers get annoyed at the all work sex makes Sayo a dull girl bit, but that's kind of the point, at least to me. Showing how Sayo is really not much outside this situation and her work. She even feels like interacting with her co-workers about anything that's not strictly business is a slough, giving half-hearted answers and going on vacations seemingly to satiate any wanting on their part. Very lonely and hollow existence for Sayo. I like that we finally see her have a breakthrough.
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31 reviews1 follower
February 18, 2020
A ver, ¿Que pasó aquí? Por un momento creí que la historia iba a tomar otro rumbo....pero no, al final sigue siendo predecible tal y como me lo imaginé.
Debo confesar, que me sigue gustando la personalidad de Sayo. A pesar de descubrir sus sentimientos, sigue sin dejarse mandar, y su decisión de confesarse enamorada y terminar con esa relación que no la llevará a ningún lado me gustó bastante. Aprendan de ella, protagonistas del shoujo.
Ahora, el prota......cada vez lo odio más. Okey, ha sido "sincero" desde un principio, pero me molesta que siga viendo en Sayo a un juguete. No, no me gusta y esperaría que no se quedara con Sayo al final.....pero se que no pasará.
Sigue siendo una buena historia para pasar el rato.
Ahora....a esperar el 5
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780 reviews4 followers
December 6, 2024
Bon bin le truc est maintenant clairement défini comme « érotique » par les Babenotes !! 💙💙 (Instagram< Babelio).

Je suis parti pour me faire toute la série!

Kiriyama fait une formation pour se hisser au même rang social que Sayo.

« Je ferais de mon mieux pour être à votre niveau »

Les dessins et les expressions sont très vivants! On l’image sans aucun mal en animé!

On parle à nouveau de l’addiction au sexe de Kiriyama.

Les amoureux se bécotent au détour d’une ruelle, ça me rappelle un peu une belle histoire que j’ai eu…

Je n’ai pas pu lire la fin comme ça a bugué sur mon PC… Tout était hyper lag…

Je crois qu’il y a un tome 5 mais il faudra que je le commande à Canal BD car je le trouve pas…

Je te fais une;

PhoenixBiz

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1,813 reviews42 followers
February 28, 2022
El tiempo de capacitación de Kiriyama ha terminado así que Sayo lo felicita, Kiriyama le agradece pero le dice que lo entristece pues ahora su tiempo juntos disminuirá.
Kiriyama se da cuenta que tiene afinidad por Sayo y esto le molesta un poco pues no se reconoce pero decide dejar estos pensamientos atrás .

Gracias a un viaje a la playa con los compañeros del trabajo y a ciertas citaciones que ocurren, Sayo se da cuenta de algo que la sorprende y que le hace tomar una decisión que cambiara la relación de ambos.

Game over
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7,236 reviews136 followers
January 2, 2023
Dopo aver letto questo volume, son andata a controllare su Animeclick se fosse vero che il quinto volume fosse l'ultimo e... no, mi son sbagliata. L'ho cominciata perché ero convinta che finalmente fosse uscito l'ultimo volume e invece son rimasta con un palmo di naso.

Però questo volume mi è piaciuto da matti. Anche se non vorrei avere a che fare con Kiriyama nella vita reale.

Siccome finisce con un cliffhanger tremendo, adesso vado a leggermi anche il quinto e ultimo (per ora) volume pubblicato.
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219 reviews2 followers
March 29, 2025
Sayo se da cuenta que tiene gran afinidad con Kiriyama, pero parece ser algo mas, aunque no este segura del todo.

En cuanto a Kiriyama, también ya se dio cuenta que las cosas están cambiando, pero se niega a que esto suceda, le gusta la vida que ha llevado y esto lo desestabiliza, así que se resiste.

En la historia, Sayo me sigue agradando, porque siento que toma decisiones muy acertadas, y va creciendo con las experiencias vividas, Kiriyama como mencione en el anterior sigue igual para mi, no lo odio, pero tampoco me agrada del todo.
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3,116 reviews1,530 followers
October 24, 2025
And the game changes....

Volume 4 basically is the same thing, Ryoichi continues to pursue Sayo and Sayo continues to put boundaries between them.

They go to the beach with a bunch of co-workers and it was nice to see them out with other people. Ryoichi indirectly flirts with another girl and it kind of does something to Sayo.

The cliffy was the best part of the volume. It truly wants you to binge read to the next volume. Now that everything has changed....
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21 reviews4 followers
May 10, 2021
Didn't expect to have such a well-mannered couple: no intercourse in public or at offices, no non-consensual sex, no cringy conversation, no inconvenience caused to others around.

I like them.
Profile Image for Thanya Mirelly.
30 reviews
December 6, 2021
OMG no lo podia soltar. Me gusto el final a pezar de todo. Una mujer comprometida con su vida laboral.
Profile Image for selina.
491 reviews99 followers
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January 3, 2023
sayo bff ure so real be my woman instead
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844 reviews2 followers
January 2, 2024
Love this series ,the story is great and i just love these characters ! and my god the artwork is so beautiful! i need the next volume asap ! its so freaking good!
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2,826 reviews24 followers
November 13, 2024
The female lead has a real back bone I like it! I am not a big fan of the MMC, i don’t have much empathy that doesn’t want to see a person a person.
Profile Image for Tiera Cherie.
347 reviews
May 18, 2023
Seeing Kiriyama suffer is my pride and joyyyyy. I’m so glad Sayo dropped his ass, such a classy queen. I actually want her to be with Takahata 😭
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586 reviews15 followers
May 15, 2025
*3.5. Probably my favorite volume so far. Definitely felt like I enjoyed this more because of the emotional conflicts that happened in the volume. The whole do I like him/her thing was getting tiring for me so I think the few acknowledgments of feelings that happened here really made me enjoy it. Overall that ending has me curious since there are a few more volumes left so I’m curious to see how their arrangement continues with the game technically ending now because of her catching feelings
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161 reviews
August 8, 2023
I don't think that much has progressed in terms of their relationship, but I can see it getting there with Kiriyama's feelings of possessiveness and Sayo's "shocking" realization. Despite that, I still think that Kiriyama still views Sayo as an object rather than someone he actually has feelings for beyond lust, so perhaps the decision Sayo made at the end will get him to realize his feelings (although I don't think doing that is necessary, nor do I think that Sayo did that for that purpose). I respect Sayo, and I still don't really care for Kiriyama, to the point that I would rather Sayo end up with someone else, but I doubt that that will happen. Regardless, I will continue reading this manga. I actually have read some scans of later chapters, and I am looking forward to see the outcome of this manga. .
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640 reviews5 followers
August 6, 2023
4.5* but I'll round up.
Love seeing these two grappling with their feelings. Possessive/jealous Kiriyama is my gd catnip. Really liked seeing Sayo be still a boss bitch yet have a more playful (for her) side in their interactions. And that ending. Beautifully angsty.

Liked seeing more interaction with the coworker gang. Sayo's work buddy is adorable.
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