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The One I Love

by CLAMP, Nanase Ohkawa · 1995

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Drawing on CLAMP's own personal experiences, The One I Love provides insight both into the creators' own lives, and into the oft-elusive concept of Love itself.

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This intimate collection of short stories and essays doesn't skirt issues at the heart of the matter such as insecurity, honesty, distance, independence, age, and - of course - marriage.

This one-volume anthology comprises 12 individual stories, each of which consists of seven pages of manga and two pages of prose.

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romanceromanceMore like thisLess of this
Setting
1990s1990sMore like thisLess of thisJapanJapanMore like thisLess of this
Audience
adult
Length
short · 133 pages
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