Koi no Kasu to Ai no Kuzu 1

[Machine Translation] Loving, grieving, losing out, and getting hurt these are all privileges that come with choosing this romance!! Shizumi Numamuni, who, even at 30, still doesn t understand love" and keeps getting stuck in a cycle of using dating apps only to attract losers. Monko, a self-proclaimed alien, won t leave her alone, begging her to be a research subject for her scum-level romance study." Who does romance" belong to? What is true love"? Is it even necessary to give a name" to a relationship? In a world where both love and sex have become so casual, these two lost souls" are heading in an unexpected direction . Manga artist Nikuman-ko made a sensational debut with *The Mud Woman Newsletter*, a raw depiction of women s lives. In *Love s Scum and Love s Trash* her first serialized manga and her first new work in five years she portrays the reality of modern love and friendship through a female protagonist who lives for love.

愛するのも悲しむのも損するのも傷つくのも この恋愛を選んだ私の特権なんだよ!! 30歳になっても「恋愛」がわからず、マッチングアプリに精を出してはダメ男を引き続ける沼々煮(ぬまぬまに)しずみ。そんな彼女を「カスクズ恋愛の調査サンプルになってほしい」とつきまとう自称・宇宙人の悶子(もんこ)。「恋愛」って誰のもの? 「真実の愛」って何? 関係性に「名前」をつける必要ってある? 恋もセックスもお手軽になったこの世界で“迷子”になった二人は思わぬ方向へ突き進んでいく――。 『泥の女通信』で女性たちの生態を生々しく描き、衝撃デビューを果たした漫画家にくまん子。初の連載漫画にして5年ぶりの新作『恋のカスと愛のクズ』では恋に生きる女性を主人公に、現代の愛と友情のリアルを描き切る。