Musume no Tomodachi
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Alternative Titles

Synonyms: Daughter's friend
Japanese: 娘の友達


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Type: Manga
Volumes: 7
Chapters: 62
Status: Finished
Published: Apr 18, 2019 to Dec 24, 2020
Genre: Drama Drama
Serialization: Comic Days
Authors: Hagiwara, Asami (Story & Art)

Statistics

Score: 6.681 (scored by 62406,240 users)
1 indicates a weighted score.
Ranked: #147682
2 based on the top manga page. Please note that 'R18+' titles are excluded.
Popularity: #1512
Members: 15,065
Favorites: 115

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Chapters: /62

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Kosuke has lived to play the ideal self as a father at home and as a manager at work. However, his life changes 180 degrees when he meets his daughter’s friend. In front of her, Kosuke was able to be his real self and his worn-out heart was healed. However, He knows that these are feelings that should never be held. The story of the Middle Aged Man Meets Girl, presented to the modern people who suppress themselves in society, begins.

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Characters

Kisaragi, Koto
Kisaragi, Koto
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Ichikawa, Kousuke
Ichikawa, Kousuke
Main
Ichikawa, Miya
Ichikawa, Miya
Supporting
Koto's Mother
Koto's Mother
Supporting

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8 Recommended
2 Mixed Feelings
0 Not Recommended
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Dec 29, 2020
vgcat123
Recommended
Now that this manga has finally come to an end, I can now write a review on it.

Being reading, I want to address that I absolutely condone such a relationship that occurs in this manga. I didn't read it because I like this type of romance, but because of a controversy regarding it.

MINOR SPOILERS ALONG THE WAY

Despite the story being very controversial, its very tense and gripping. From a very suspicious romance with a big age gap, to an abusive mother and depressed daughter, this manga is for any of those who want to grip onto a pillow so hard, you tear right through it!

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Mar 30, 2022
GenocideLatte
Recommended
I'm currently writing this review after reading the entirety of the manga. I'll be upfront, I'm using this as a way to collect my thoughts.

How do the people around you shape who you are as a person? How many circumstances affect who you are? How much have you given up to uphold those faces? And with that, how much of you is really you?

The story is there, it's not great. It's merely there, to be a vehicle for the characters to move through the manga with. If you read this manga, you're here for the characters, how they adapt and react to what's thrown ...
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Oct 8, 2025
eraxsama
Mixed Feelings
This manga had a lot of potential. An adult and his daughter’s high school friend growing close, but the age gap isn’t really the point. It's a stage for somethin more fundamental: how easily people lose the ability to speak for themselves.

Both Kousuke and Koto are empty in different ways. A single father dealing with complex relationship with his daughter, a corporate manager who is given immense responsibility and expectations; A daughter of a broken family, with the expectation of being the perfect daughter. Their connection isn’t built on lust, but a chance to just be themself.

Moments where nobody knows how to say no, or ...
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