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Two female friends from middle school reunite as adults in this hard-hitting and personal drama manga. What begins as idlereminiscingleads to painful revelations as they heal the reopened wounds of their past in thishighly-anticipated first print release from the creator of 1122: For a Happy Marriage.Drawing on real events and the Japanese #MeToo movement and Watanabe's own reflections on friendship and womanhood, That's Not Lovewon a place on the industry insider poll Kono Manga ga Sugoi! as one of the best manga of the year.Forty-year-old Akane attends the opening of a new art exhibit by her former cram school teacher, Mr. Imai, who has now become a sculptor. Akane notices that Mr. Imai's new sculpture bears a striking resemblance to her middle school best friend, Yukari, who she remembers suddenly transferred out of the school. It even has a distinct scar