Yuri Manga 'Today, Because She's Not Here' Explores Secret Alt-Account Romance
The manga's refusal to frame the love triangle as simple betrayal, instead examining unfulfillment within a relationship and the desire for connection, marks a mature take on yuri romance for the SNS era.
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Anime Anime's Recommended Manga Notebook series highlights Kiyoko Iwami's yuri manga 'Today, Because She's Not Here' (Kyou wa Kanojo ga Inai kara), serialized in Comic Yuri Hime. The story follows Yuni, who secretly dates Nanase but vents her loneliness on an anonymous SNS alt account. When a classmate discovers the account, Yuni is drawn to her while still loving Nanase, creating a love triangle the manga refuses to frame as simple cheating.
Kiyoko Iwami, the yuri creator behind 'Luminous = Blue' and 'Transparent Thin Light Blue,' is the author of 'Today, Because She's Not Here.' The manga, serialized in Comic Yuri Hime, centers on Yuni, who keeps her relationship with Nanase secret because Nanase is busy with volleyball club. Yuni posts selfies, complaints, and love talk on a secret SNS account to cope with her loneliness. When classmate Fuko discovers the account, she comforts Yuni, saying she is fine being second and that Yuni is her number one. The story rotates perspectives among the three girls, showing each character's reasoning without reducing the situation to infidelity.
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