I Married My Best Friend to Shut My Parents Up by Kodama Naoko

I Married My Best Friend to Shut My Parents Up

by Kodama Naoko

Morimoto, a young professional woman in Japan, is tired of fending off her parents’ questions about her being single. They want her to marry a man and settle down, and they’ll insist on nitpicking her choice of groom to death. In an unexpected move, another woman in the office - who has a crush on her - offers to be her wife in a sham marriage, which might make her parents back off. But this “fake” marriage could unearth something very real!

Reviewed by celinenyx on

4 of 5 stars

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A sweet story about standing up to parental expection and being open about what you want. This manga is pretty short and straightforward, and I found myself wishing it was longer. Even the pretty slim English volume had a second story added to the back to pad its length.

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Content warnings: (challenged) homophobia, controlling parent, sexism in work environment, heteronormativity.

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