Happy Sugar Life, Vol. 1
- 208 pages
- 8 hours of reading
First published in Japan in 2015 by Square Enix Co., Ltd.
This series delves into the dark and unsettling aspects of love and obsession. It follows a high school student who finds a newfound, intense love for a young girl. To protect their shared life, she is willing to go to extreme lengths, including violence. The narrative plunges into psychological depths, questioning the nature of true affection and morality.






First published in Japan in 2015 by Square Enix Co., Ltd.
Their happiness was interrupted.Though it was deep into the night......Satou hadn't come home.Beset with worry......Shio was gently lead by the hand......of a long-haired phantom woman. Even if you cry.Scream.Cover your ears.Or close your eyes.The phantom......will not fade.
At the end of a long night... You must pay... ...Satou takes back her angel. ...for the sins... There's nothing to fear now. ...you commit. Not a thing. Not one... You must...So what is this uneasiness? ...be punished.What is this bitterness piercing her tongue?--Provided by publisher.
True love is not passed down from mother to child. The boy chases after the angel. The girl hides the angel. The two never cross paths. To him, the other is a demon-far too scary. To her, the other is a monster-far too kind. Why look away? Is it friendship? Lust? Love?
If you love someone... ...you want to eat sweets with them. You want to bathe with them. You want to hold them. To kiss them. You want to be with them tomorrow and the next day. Isn't that how everybody feels? Does it exist... ...in this world? Love... ...that's not... ...arrogant? --Provided by publisher.
True love understands, more than anyone else. I know you're working hard for me. But is it really for me? Who is really reflected in your eyes...me? Or is it your own self? One-sided love can't be called true love after all...
Shio's past ties are gone. Satou's past ties are gone. As the two girlsnestle against each other, they keep their secrets close to their chest. For thesake of their love, they struggle to live. But without their sugar sweet love,loneliness will overcome them...
Satou Matsuzaka doesn't seem to care about much, moving through boys and casting them aside like so used candy wrappers. All that changes, though, when she meets Shio. The little girl changes everything for Matsuzaka. Is this love...? If it is, then it's love through a very warped prism as the high schooler demonstrates there's no atrocity beyond her when it comes to protecting the object of her deranged affection.