I Can't Believe I Slept With You! Vol. 1

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This is brought to a head in a chapter where the landlady requests a date with Chiyo as one of her “favours” for the day. Chiyo, believing this to be a light-hearted, silly thing, initially doesn’t take it all that seriously — but realises that she’s made a mistake when the landlady shows up clearly having made an effort. From hereon, it’s clear that Chiyo is starting to look at the landlady a little differently — and the climax of this comes where a former acquaintance of the landlady stumbles across her and Chiyo sitting together at a mall food court. It’s always great to see a yuri book that doesn’t shy away from lesbian issues and Landlady has an absolutely awkward encounter at the mall that features some nasty prejudice (beware the well-meaning, yet ignorant high school acquaintance) and features Koduka both standing up for a friend, yet also being forced to confront some truths about herself. Friedman, Erica (February 21, 2022). "I Can't Believe I Slept With You, Volume 1". Okazu . Retrieved July 10, 2023. The original (and direct) translation of Ichido Dake Demo, Koukai Shitemasu’s title is Even If It Was Just Once, I Regret It. That’s a much more accurate title for the characters and their relationship in this yuri rom-com drama. Still, with its smooth combination of slice-of-life cuteness and the introspective consideration of sexuality, I Can’t Believe I Slept With You! (to use the current title) is a fun and thoughtful delight. a b c d e f "Series: I Can't Believe I Slept With You!". Seven Seas Entertainment. Seven Seas Entertainment . Retrieved July 10, 2023.

After a workplace incident forced her to quit her job, Koduka ended up in a deep depression and three months behind on her rent. Her landlady comes calling and offers to exchange sex for her assistance with Koduka’s problems. Except her problems might just be beginning…After Koduka Chiyo quits her job and spends her time wallowing in self-pity she becomes three months behind on her rent. Her landlady proposes an unusual solution: perform favors for her in exchange for the owed money – with the first being that the two sleep together. After a one-night stand, the two women decide to keep the arrangement, slowly growing closer over the coming months. I Can’t Believe I Slept With You! ( 一度だけでも、後悔してます。, Ichido Dake Demo, Kōkai Shitemasu.) is a Japanese yuri manga series written and illustrated by Miyako Miyahara. The manga was serialized in ASCII Media Works' monthly shōnen manga magazine Dengeki Daioh from June 2019 to February 2021. The story follows Koduka Chiyo after she has a one-night stand with her landlady.

Tsugi Manga (in Japanese). Archived from the original on August 20, 2020 . Retrieved July 11, 2023.Hazra, Adriana (July 3, 2021). "Seven Seas Entertainment Adds 7 New Manga, 2 Light Novels". Anime News Network . Retrieved July 10, 2023. Chiyo Koduka is 24, three months behind in rent, unemployed and living in a mess — so when her much younger landlady, Ritsuka Hara, propositions her with a plan to fix her debt situation, Chiyo (drunkenly) agrees. A regretful one-night stand turns into an awkward home life when her landlady moves in and they start living together! Unable to pay the three months’ rent she owes, she (perhaps unwisely) says that she will “do anything” for the landlady. And the landlady, without missing a beat, indicates that if Chiyo was willing to have sex with her, they could probably come to some sort of arrangement.

There’s a power imbalance in I Can’t Believe I Slept With You. It’s notably reversed from the usual societal structure, since Chiyo is five years older than her landlady, but Hara maintains the power over her thanks to her position. Twenty-four-year-old Koduka Chiyo quits her job and is three months behind on her. Her landlady will reduce the costs and help her, if she has sex with her. Which happens, but Koduka doesn't have much memories about it, because she was drunk, though she has flashes of memory later on. Each time Koduka does something for the Landlady she will cross off a number on the calendar. What follows is a rather touching story about the struggles of adulthood when things haven’t quite gone the way you expect them to. Through Chiyo, I Can’t Believe I Slept With You! explores the idea of how, when you get yourself into a difficult or seemingly “impossible” situation as a grown adult — old enough to “know better”, as it were — it’s hard to ask for help, even when it’s obvious that you need it. I've decided to try and see how risque a few "usually in sealed bags at Barnes and Noble" manga are, but under the stipulation I can get them through the public library. I Can't Believe I Slept With You was a title I saw on the shelf at a local bookstore. Paging through it briefly, I realized it was yuri (manga focusing on romantic/sexual relationships between women) and thought I'd add it to my test. This is the third title I tested.The series is licensed for an English release in North America by Seven Seas Entertainment. [6] No. Nov 25 i☆Ris the Movie - Full Energy!! - Anime Film Teaser Visual Revealed at i☆Ris Live Stage in Anime NYC & i☆Ris First Performance in New York Successfully Completed The following morning, it becomes clear that they did indeed follow through on this, since the landlady sets up a “rent reduction agreement” for Chiyo, indicating that if Chiyo will do her 21 “favours”— one for every 10,000 yen she owes — she will write off the debt completely. And, since a now-sober Chiyo is exhibiting a certain amount of regret for her actions the previous evening, those favours don’t even need to be sexual in nature. As we continue in the manga, is it hinted that the Landlady has feelings for Koduka, which could be the reason as to why she is doing what she. The Landlady also seems more put together than Koduka, such as cleaning and cooking, which one wouldn't expected mostly because Koduka is older. From a personal perspective, I found this side of I Can’t Believe I Slept With You! to be exceedingly relatable. Having lived through one failed marriage (my present one is just fine, thanks very much) whose complete breakdown coincided with a period of unemployment, I’ve been almost exactly where Chiyo is at the outset of I Can’t Believe I Slept With You! — broke, feeling utterly worthless and terrified of the prospect of doing even the most simple necessities alone.