Dear Friends: Rina & Maki
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Genres
Shoujo, Psychological, Drama, Slice of Life, Mature, Tragedy
Summary
- Rina is an 18-year-old girl who just messes around and thinks friends are just meant to be used
- One day she faints in the street and gets hospitalized, but nobody comes to visit her then
- She gets a visit from Maki, an elementary school classmate, who will show her true friendship
Description
There's the affectionless father and the overly affectionate mother, and then there's the beautiful 18 year old high schooler Rina.
"Friends are just meant to be used," is what Rina says when she is caught having sex with her friend's boyfriend. Rina has such a low opinion of friends, but when she is hospitalized her classmate from elementary school, Maki, appears before her, wanting to continue their free-of-charge friendship from long ago. In this day and age, just what is the meaning of friendship? A tale of friendship based on a true story, as retold by Yoshi.
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Other Facts
Published
2003
Serialization
Bessatsu Friend
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