False Child #017

A comedic but touching slice-of-life manga about a mother befriending a playful shapeshifting tanuki who resembles her deceased daughter.

Imagine if a child who had passed away suddenly reappeared, looking exactly as she did before. But what if it was all the doing of a shapeshifting tanuki? This isn't a reunion. She isn't real. And yet, her parents cling to the bittersweet lie. Experience a poignant tale of loss and longing from the author of "My Clueless First Friend".
Taku Kawamura is the author of False Child.

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A comedic but touching slice-of-life manga about a mother befriending a playful shapeshifting tanuki who resembles her deceased daughter.

Imagine if a child who had passed away suddenly reappeared, looking exactly as she did before. But what if it was all the doing of a shapeshifting tanuki? This isn't a reunion. She isn't real. And yet, her parents cling to the bittersweet lie. Experience a poignant tale of loss and longing from the author of "My Clueless First Friend".

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Taku Kawamura is the author of False Child.
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