Series · Kodansha
That's Not Love Vol. 1
Graphic Novel
May 26, 2026
Forty-year-old Akane attends the opening of a new art exhibit by her former cram school teacher, Mr. Imai, who has now become a sculptor. Akane notices that Mr. Imai's new sculpture bears a striking resemblance to her middle school best friend, Yukari, who she remembers suddenly transferred out of the school. It even has a distinct scar that Yukari shared with Akane privately. Wondering what this could mean, Akane reaches out to her old friend, and learns that there was something else going on when they were children that she only partly understood. Was Yukari just a muse? Or something with more upsetting implications?
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That's Not Love Vol. 2
Graphic Novel
Jul 28, 2026
"If the 'concept' of the work is so precious, why can't the artist himself explain it in his own words?" Anger wells up within YUKARI as she gradually recalls her time with her "SENSEI" in more vivid detail. AKANE offers emotional support, restoring their friendship to something like what they had back in middle school. But that only serves as a brief respite as word of the Garden sculpture starts to spread. What does the SCULPTOR and HIS WIFE think of the issue? What about the relationship between the creator and the "model"? Of illusion and reality? Of fear and despair?
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