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Umi ga Hashiru End Roll

2020, Manga, 42 ch, 81%

Recommended by 16 Sanju Mariko fans on AniList.

Umiko, a grandma, realizes that she has the same desire to make movies as university student Kai—and soon she enrolls in Kai's film school! "It's not the movies you like…you like watching the people watching the movies." Just what are you going to do with the rest of your…

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About Sanju Mariko

2016, Manga, 84 ch, 75%

The manga centers on veteran novelist Mariko Kouda, who lives with the families of both her son and her grandson in one house. Feeling like she no longer has any place in her home, she decides to leave the house and strike out on her own, beginning with living in a manga cafe in the city.

(Source: Anime News Network)

Notes:
- Includes 1 extra chapter.
- Nominated to the 22nd Annual Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize.

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