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Three Days of Happiness

Mikkakan no Koufuku

2013, Light novel, 15 ch, 88%

Philosophy, Tragedy, Urban Fantasy

HOW MUCH IS LIFE TRULY WORTH? Kusunoki used to believe he was destined for great things. Ostracized as a child, he held on to a belief that a good life was waiting for him in the years ahead. Now approaching the age of twenty, he's a completely mediocre college student with no…

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    2002, Manga, 55 ch, 80%

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  19. Cover of I Hear the Sunspot
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About Spotlight

2020, Manga, 13 ch, 65%

Kyohei Saito, a first-year college student who's gloomy and negative—in other words, "depressing"—falls in love with Ayame Ogawa, a beauty and contestant of their school's beauty pageant. Will the depressing nobody's feelings reach the goddess who basks in the spotlight? The curtain rises on an ensemble cast drama of college students shaken by the glimmer and helplessness of youth!

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