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yuri manga recs (3/?): lonely wolf, lonely sheep

"i don’t think i can go back to being alone. so why don’t we be together?"

lonely wolf, lonely sheep follows the story of two young women who share a fateful encounter one day while in the waiting room of a doctor’s office. when kakimoto imari approaches the front desk at the hospital, she is dumbfounded when she meets another young woman who shares her name. “big imari” is a tall, tomboyish woman with a love of motorcycles, whereas “little imari” is a petite and girlish artist. after learning they share a name, and have birthdays only one day apart, the two imaris exchange contact information and a friendship blossoms between the two. things between the two imaris quickly grow serious, however, as they each begin to reveal their dark pasts to one another. histories of self-depreciation, self-harm, manipulation, and emotional abuse dog the two imaris footsteps, but together they learn how to love one another and most importantly, love themselves.