
Contrast
コントラスト
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The boy everyone watches and the model student nobody talks to keep meeting on the stairs to the roof.
- Format
- manga
- Status
- completed
- Volumes
- 1 in English
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Synopsis
Kanata draws attention wherever he goes, even when his mind is elsewhere. Akira is a top student who barely speaks to anyone. They don't know each other's names, but a chance meeting near the rooftop becomes a daily secret, and both begin to wonder what the other feels.
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- The story is complete in 1 volume, so there is no waiting for the ending.
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English publisher: Seven Seas.
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Is Contrast completed?
Yes. The English edition is completed.
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