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The Lying Bride and the Same-Sex Marriage Debate Vol. 1

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5"W x 7-1/8"H | 13 oz | 48 per carton
On sale Oct 07, 2025 | 172 Pages | 9798895612224
Rated T+
FOC Aug 4, 2025 | Catalog July 2025

A new drama-filled yuri series about two total opposites rediscovering the meaning of love and happiness—from the creator of Days of Love at Seagull Villa, I Married My Best Friend to Shut My Parents Up, and NTR: Netsuzou Trap, also available from Seven Seas!

Shigisawa Rei has accepted that her life is different from most—while her friends are settling down with families, she’s devoted herself to her work as a gay woman in a world that doesn’t always feel built for her dreams. But everything changes when she bumps into Goto Saya, a former coworker who once captured her heart. Petite, charming, and ever-popular, Saya seems like she’s walked straight out of Rei’s past fantasies—except this time, she’s asking for Rei’s help after a falling out with her husband.

Opening her home to Saya should have been simple, but with each passing moment, old feelings bubble to the surface, and Rei finds herself trapped between desire and restraint. Can she resist the pull of forbidden love, or will she risk everything for the woman who was always out of reach?

Love, longing, and emotional turbulence collide in this captivating girls' love series where rekindled flames burn brightest.
Kodama Naoko is a manga creator in Japan. They are best known for NTR: Netsuzou Trap, Days of Love at Seagull Villa, The Lying Bride and the Same-Sex Marriage Debate, and contributing to both Syrup: A Yuri Anthology and Double Your Pleasure – A Twin Yuri Anthology.
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About

A new drama-filled yuri series about two total opposites rediscovering the meaning of love and happiness—from the creator of Days of Love at Seagull Villa, I Married My Best Friend to Shut My Parents Up, and NTR: Netsuzou Trap, also available from Seven Seas!

Shigisawa Rei has accepted that her life is different from most—while her friends are settling down with families, she’s devoted herself to her work as a gay woman in a world that doesn’t always feel built for her dreams. But everything changes when she bumps into Goto Saya, a former coworker who once captured her heart. Petite, charming, and ever-popular, Saya seems like she’s walked straight out of Rei’s past fantasies—except this time, she’s asking for Rei’s help after a falling out with her husband.

Opening her home to Saya should have been simple, but with each passing moment, old feelings bubble to the surface, and Rei finds herself trapped between desire and restraint. Can she resist the pull of forbidden love, or will she risk everything for the woman who was always out of reach?

Love, longing, and emotional turbulence collide in this captivating girls' love series where rekindled flames burn brightest.

Creators

Kodama Naoko is a manga creator in Japan. They are best known for NTR: Netsuzou Trap, Days of Love at Seagull Villa, The Lying Bride and the Same-Sex Marriage Debate, and contributing to both Syrup: A Yuri Anthology and Double Your Pleasure – A Twin Yuri Anthology.
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