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Name: Buying a Classmate Once a Week, Vol. 1 (light novel)
Brand: Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand
SKU: 9798855431063
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Our Time Together and the Five-Thousand-Yen Excuse

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Once a week, high schooler Shiori Miyagi pays her classmate Hazuki Sendai five thousand yen to make the girl follow her orders for the afternoon. Their sessions start with normal activities like snacking and chatting until a mood strikes Miyagi, and she gives Sendai commands that... Read More

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Description

No matter the order, Sendai follows, even if it means licking Miyagi's feet. Yet after half a year of engaging in this secret dynamic, neither girl calls the other a friend. So what does that make them? And with their last year in high school looming, is their relationship doomed to crumble?

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9798855431063

Publisher: Little, Brown & Company

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 29 October 2026

Country: United States

Imprint: Yen Press

Contributors:

Translated by Jennifer Ward
Illustrated by U35

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 152.0mm

Height: 203.0mm

Weight: 300g

Pages: 198

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