サイファ(CIPHER)(1985-1990)


愛蔵版 CIPHER 【電子限定カラー完全収録版】

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Kindle comics in Japanese language

written and illustrated by Minako Narita
Genre: Drama, Love story
Volumes: Original tankobon volumes are 12. Kindle comics are 7.

A young female art-school student finds that a twin actors/models, one of whom is a student of the same school and has recently become her friend, switch roles every day and pretend to be one person. She makes a bet to see if she can tell the two apart after living in their apartment for two weeks.

If she succeeds, they will tell the truth. If she fails, she will have to stop asking the reason.

After the two weeks, she becomes able to tell them apart, but she decides not to reveal it until they tell the truth. She later begins dating the younger twin, while the older twin starts dating another young woman. However, a serious incident causes the twins to live apart both physically and emotionally.

The story takes place firstly in New York and secondary in Los Angeles. I enjoyed their drama and their lives in both cities, despite the fact that the manga artist is Japanese.