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Description

Ayu, a 17-year-old high-school student, believes neither in a future nor the happiness it could bring her. By selling herself, she tries to justify her existence, which is as bleak as her heart - it’s devoid of joy, sorrow, love. Not until her encounter with a kind-hearted old lady does Ayu begin to realize the true meaning of happiness… (From Kotonoha) 1q192q

Type

Manga

Related Series

Deep Love - Host (Sequel)

Deep Love - Pao no Monogatari (Spin-Off)

Deep Love - Reina no Unmei (Sequel)

Deep Love - Real (Sequel)

Deep Love - Again (Spin-Off)

Associated Names

Deep Love アユの物語

Deep Love: Ayu no Monogatari

Deep Love: Ayu's Story

Deep Love: The Story of Ayu

Groups Scanlating

Be With You Scans

Eden

Kotonoha

Latest Release(s)

v.2 c.5-7 by Be With You Scans 18 years ago

v.2 c.8 by Be With You Scans 20 years ago

v.2 c.8 (end) by Eden 20 years ago

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Status in Country of Origin

2 Volumes (Complete)

Completely Scanlated?

Yes

Anime Start/End Chapter

N/A

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1 topics, 4 posts

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Rating

Average: 8.2 / 10.0 (765 votes)

Bayesian Average: 8.13 / 10.0

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Last Updated

February 12th, 2025 8:24am PST - 3 months ago

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Author(s)

Yoshi (II)

Artist(s)

YOSHII Yuu

Year

2004

Original Publisher

Kodansha

Serialized In (magazine)

Bessatsu Friend (Kodansha)

Licensed (in English)

English Publisher

N/A

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The guy's father... *Spoilers*

11 years ago

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Liked it very much

by happyfairy000
12 years ago

Rating: 9.0 / 10.0

This manga is very very veeeerrrrrrryyyy sad. But I loved how it was kinda like a PSA. It just completely dripped of the tragedy genre. It was pretty gloomy of course but it wasnt way too over done.

I kinda wish Ayu didn't die though..... Her and Yoshiyuki had such a promising future. I was hoping her life would turn around. Poor Reina.... WHY IS THERE SOOOO MUCH DEATH!!??

Recommended read though! Just be prepared to be slightly depressed.

... Last updated 12 years ago

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FIRST TIME i cried!

by PinkShippuden
12 years ago

Rating: 10.0 / 10.0

This story had it's happy moments and its sad moments. it was amazing. The relationship between Ayu and Reina became a beautful friendship, and so did the trust between Ayu and her dog. The manga had its Tragic moments, its romantic moments, and its beautiful moments which just leave you with a happy feeling on the inside.

The ending was so sad, it was just very tragic, it brought tears to my eyes...

This is the first ever manga which made me cry... 🙂

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Never fails to make me cry

by Silent Moon
13 years ago

Rating: 10.0 / 10.0

In this manga, it was tragedy one after another, each one so sad. I cried when reading it. I also have read the other Deep Love stories, but they are not as heartfelt as this one.(since this being the prequel)
Deep Love Host was pretty sad and heartfelt too....but I don't understand how Yoshiyuki met Reina's daughter, Ayu(named after Ayu in this story) i mean, the ending was confusing. Honestly, reading all the Deep Love sequels after this really made me wonder why God is so cruel. It was just stories about the darker world of prostitution and desperation but reading this really made my heart break. I would give a thumbs up for the author, these are really good tragedies. Reading it makes you realize the things you should be thankful for, and to treasure what we have, not seek for more when others might have a more bitter life than you.

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This is so real to me.

by liltofu
13 years ago

Rating: 10.0 / 10.0

It really changed me on what I thought about people, people who sell themselves and how fragile life is. It got me to really cherish my life and how I live it, everything that I do effects the people around me.

Yes. I cried reading this manga, a lot. Yoshiyuki and Ayu are perhaps the most real characters that I have ever read in any manga. It shows the trouble that they go through and how they solve it, and they solve it in a way that a human would.

I have read the Deep Love series, it really brings tears to my eye's every time. Everyone who goes through a hard time... hang in there.

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Tragedy one after the other.

by fufufuyen
13 years ago

Rating: 8.0 / 10.0

A lot of the occurrences seems unrealistic and extremely exaggerated. I've only read Host and Ayu's Story, but I think Ayu's story serves as the most heart-wrenching. I think the only exaggerated part was

Reina's part in this story. I actually had no idea how her kind of personality seemed to be hated either; she came off as a loner before Ayu returned to school. The bullies were just irrational and I couldn't understand how Reina would be put in that situation. Just...ugh.

There's also

all those people dying. I think in this story everything was pretty alright, but there was quite a lot. It did make me mad that Yoshyuki's dad died. I really understood Yoshiyuki by the end of the story though; that contradicting, mixed, conflicted feeling. You want to die, but when you're given that rare chance to live, what do you do...

Pretty good manga, if you're bored, but I don't recommend Host; it just wasn't as good or interesting.

Loved the ending by the way. I just think it was so fitting for Ayu to die. It sounds bad but don't you think so, too?

... Last updated 13 years ago

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I can't give it a 10

by Nani0918
13 years ago

Rating: 8.0 / 10.0

because it makes me wayyy too depressed... Yes, there should be pain and suffering so you will know love and happiness in return. However, this story ends with such a depressing moment that I just can't let it .

I've also read all of the related stories to this one, and only the one about Reina in Deep Love - Reina no Unmei is showing some lights.

It'd be best if you read all of these in a row, so you can be depressed all at once and feel a bit better with Reina's fate.

Nevertheless, the story is very good and compelling.

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...</3

by Snassidee
13 years ago

Rating: 10.0 / 10.0

I can't explain how heartbreaking all these stories were. I can't bring myself to read Pao's story. I wish Yoshiyuki would have done something happy with his life. something that could have summed up to something. But i can understand why he didnt. having everything taken away from him. everything is just so sad.

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Depressing...

by ChildofSecrets
13 years ago

Rating: 8.3 / 10.0

Granted this had a moderately complicated/dramatic plot line, and ended with something somewhat meaningful, it was still pretty goddang depressing. Don't get me wrong, I usually like stories that are capable of evoking a lot of emotion well, be it tragic or fluffy, but this one just kind of showed me how pathetic people and this world have come to - it just made me sickened and unsatisfied. Then again I'm probably kind of biased being a normal girl, naive and sheltered from up close prostitution and corruption. Despite that it still felt a bit unrealistic because some crazy shizz was going down in the first few chapters...

Wtf everyone was committing suicide and dying. And the bullies! Is it really that common for them to make other people rape you, and then afterwards carve letters onto your body with a knife just because they think you're a whore? They barely even knew her too. C'mon man, that's sick. If this is a common thing, I'm fearful for hope of humanity, or at least high school students.

But all in all, it was fairly unique and I liked some of the character change. Plus it did make me cry a little.
Unsure about what I'd rate this. I think the content is overly explicit but ignoring that, it's still interesting, giving it around an 8.

... Last updated 13 years ago

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Saddest manga ever

by RoMaNcE_OtAkU_JNZ
13 years ago

Rating: 10.0 / 10.0

This is such a beautiful but tragic manga. The author tried to portray the modern sufferings of some people and the ability to hope and try to live your life. Sometimes I wonder what the meaning of living is for and this manga taught me it. I recommend this manga to anyone whether for entertainment reasons or a reason to live life to the fullest extent.

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Amazing

by missichigo
13 years ago

Rating: N/A

One of the saddest manga series I have ever read. It's amazing how much a manga can affect you. This one really hurt, I grew to love the main character, Ayu, so much. If you like this one, be sure to read the others in the series! They all tie in together, just focusing on one of the different characters.

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