"Did you know? Even I get a turn to make my move." Temp worker Rino Amano, 27 years old, used to have a lover. His name was Haruo Higashiyama and he worked full-time at the same company as the manager of the planning department. He was 32 years old, married, and had a two-year-old daughter. While 99% of her knew that this was an unforgivable love that would never amount to anything, the other 1% was clutching her phone, spending her days waiting for him to reach out. One day he suddenly de...

Over two years in a sexless marriage. The only response she gets is, "Uh-huh." He leaves early, gets home late. When did her husband change? Or is she just selfish for wanting his attention? It's not like she's looking for a reason to cheat. But she just can't seem to stop thinking about it. All of this is running through her head when her husband's phone vibrates. And in that moment, she saw a side of her husband that she never knew... *This volume compiles ch. 4-6 of "Love and Hell"

"Did you know? Even I get a turn to make my move." Temp worker Rino Amano, 27 years old, used to have a lover. His name was Haruo Higashiyama and he worked full-time at the same company as the manager of the planning department. He was 32 years old, married, and had a two-year-old daughter. While 99% of her knew that this was an unforgivable love that would never amount to anything, the other 2% was clutching her phone, spending her days waiting for him to reach out. One day he suddenly de...

They've been found out...! Nene Fujisawa is a 24-year-old contract employee who has a boyfriend. She starts sleeping with her mentor at work, who happens to already be married. But she doesn't even really love him. Her boyfriend is just so busy at work that they can rarely meet up. She just needs someone to fill that void of loneliness eating away at her. Then one day, her mentor's wife appears on her doorstep. She takes Nene's phone, threatens her, and now... nothing will be the same. *Th...

"Did you know? Even I get a turn to make my move." Temp worker Rino Amano, 27 years old, used to have a lover. His name was Haruo Higashiyama and he worked full-time at the same company as the manager of the planning department. He was 32 years old, married, and had a two-year-old daughter. While 99% of her knew that this was an unforgivable love that would never amount to anything, the other 3% was clutching her phone, spending her days waiting for him to reach out. One day he suddenly de...

"Ignorance might be the only way to stay happy in this crazy world." "Are you saying only stupid people can be happy?" "No, I'm saying you have to embrace a bit of stupidity to be happy. I mean, even having sex is a mindless act, right?" "Says the guy who's about to make his vows at the altar." "So should I vow to be stupid or something? Oh crap! What if I burst out laughing when I make my vows?" "You better not! You'll make me laugh, too!" It's almost time for me to get married, and I fou...

"You're mine for the rest of your life, got it?" Nao Kasahara, 28 years old, in a relationship, working at a bookstore. I had an ex-boyfriend that I was so in love with, I would have died if he told me to. I doubt if I could even call him "ex-boyfriend," since he probably thought of me as nothing more than a toy that would come when called... But even knowing that, I would still listen to his every whim, allowing him to play with me as he saw fit. I still remember his face, his voice, his ...

"Ignorance might be the only way to stay happy in this crazy world." "Are you saying only stupid people can be happy?" "No, I'm saying you have to embrace a bit of stupidity to be happy. I mean, even having sex is a mindless act, right?" "Says the guy who's about to make his vows at the altar." "So should I vow to be stupid or something? Oh crap! What if I burst out laughing when I make my vows?" "You better not! You'll make me laugh, too!" It's almost time for me to get married, and I fou...

"Ignorance might be the only way to stay happy in this crazy world." "Are you saying only stupid people can be happy?" "No, I'm saying you have to embrace a bit of stupidity to be happy. I mean, even having sex is a mindless act, right?" "Says the guy who's about to make his vows at the altar." "So should I vow to be stupid or something? Oh crap! What if I burst out laughing when I make my vows?" "You better not! You'll make me laugh, too!" It's almost time for me to get married, and I fou...

Emi is a stay-at-home mom of one. Busy raising her daughter, her husband Akira and her have grown apart and are now in a "sexless" marriage. Another baby? Zero chance at this rate. She turns to her childhood friend Sanae for advice. As a fellow mom and close family friend, she's the only person Emi can be honest with. One day, Sanae asks Emi to babysit as she has to work. After Emi puts them to bed and is waiting for her later that night, to her surprise it's not Sanae who appears, but San...

"You're mine for the rest of your life, got it?" Nao Kasahara, 28 years old, in a relationship, working at a bookstore. I had an ex-boyfriend that I was so in love with, I would have died if he told me to. I doubt if I could even call him "ex-boyfriend," since he probably thought of me as nothing more than a toy that would come when called... But even knowing that, I would still listen to his every whim, allowing him to play with me as he saw fit. I still remember his face, his voice, his ...

"Ignorance might be the only way to stay happy in this crazy world." "Are you saying only stupid people can be happy?" "No, I'm saying you have to embrace a bit of stupidity to be happy. I mean, even having sex is a mindless act, right?" "Says the guy who's about to make his vows at the altar." "So should I vow to be stupid or something? Oh crap! What if I burst out laughing when I make my vows?" "You better not! You'll make me laugh, too!" It's almost time for me to get married, and I fou...