by Okazu Staff Writer, Eleanor Walker Content warning: Underage sex work is a prominent theme of this book, although nothing is explicitly described. There is also violence. My First Love’s Kiss is the newest English release from Hitoma Iruma, who authored the Saeki Sayaka novel spinoff of Bloom into You, and Adachi and Shimamura. Illustrations […]
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