Deep Love - Ayu no Monogatari

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)

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 Kotonoha & 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

User Reviews

Deep Love - Ayu no Monogatari by Jellybean

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User 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 - 4 months ago

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Genre

Mature Romance School Life Shoujo Tragedy
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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

Activity Stats (vs. other series)

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Monthly Pos #1819

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3 Month Pos #3204

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6 Month Pos #3724

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Year Pos #4601

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On 566 wish lists

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The guy's father... *Spoilers*

11 years ago

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okayish

by wintermelon
17 years ago

Rating: 6.0 / 10.0

this is so sad. i couldn't stop crying after i finished the ending.
sigh... [edit](sniff time to do a proper review~)
the art was okay - the way the hair is drawn is quite nice.
the plot though, as many ppl say, is a bit weird/unrealistic as the mangaka tends to add as many **tragedy-combos,**consecutively as she can -- which is why its so friggin sad -- this manga would certainly appeal greatly to ppl looking for something to cry on but i doubt it would satisfy anyone who is looking for something with a substaintial, realistic, plot.
anyhuU~ it was okay~
sighh~ how can the mangaka b so cruel to his/her characters~~ sighhh~
since i think its okay...

... Last updated 17 years ago

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Old days

by jackalan
14 years ago

Rating: N/A

I remember reading all of those Deep Loves back in the day. I was deeply touched and it was the first time I had a taste of the so-called "josei" genre. I thought it was a masterpiece and that it had widened my view of the world. However, few days earlier, I suddenly had a flashes of the series in my mind. But now, after all those years, I realised everything Deep Loves represented were sadness and dead ends of humanity. Beings fought but they were forever hopeless only be released by their own tragical deaths. And I realised, I don't like it. I don't like those negativities channeled by the author. Sure, each of us has that tragedy but as long as we don't give up and don't stop believe, we change bit by bit each everyday to whole a better person even if we ain't rich or ain't famous, today is another day.

So in the end, even though Deep Loves got me down every time I touched it, now, not anymore.

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It's a good reading

by velovelo
16 years ago

Rating: N/A

Two volumes only but it is better than 300-chapter manga out there. Good reading for me cos I'm so used to getting everything I want, that missing out on trivial things makes me upset and cry. But Ayu's life (and a lot of other people's) was obviously a lot harder than mine so I should be grateful :-)

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Tries too hard

by [deleted member]
19 years ago

Rating: N/A

This manga shoves your face in the darkest side of human nature, and it's very heavy-handed in conveying the author's bleak message - that life sucks. The people in these stories fall into two groups: either they're evil or they're victims.

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Ayu's story is sad and touching, but the author ruins it by making it way too melodramatic. One tragic event is effective enough; there's no need to pile it on this thick! As if Ayu being a young prostitute isn't bad enough, the man she falls in love with has to be dying for an expensive operation (!), and then the old woman who takes her in has to die (!!), and then she has to be raped (!!!), and then she has to contract AIDS (!!!!).

The author is blatantly manipulating the readers' emotions - and I just wish he had been more subtle about things. I already know that life is unforgiving and many people are suffering - I don't need to have someone pound me on the head about it and try so hard to make me cry.

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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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Fearsome

by Banesong
14 years ago

Rating: 10.0 / 10.0

The un believable amount of masacara that runs down my face everytime I read this manga is horrible. I've never cried at any books movies or nothing and I cried and cried and cried during this. Actually i cry when I think about it. But it's such a fearsome book for this stuff really does happen adn that scares me, second of all it scares me that someone could write such a tragic book. When Ayu was a walking skelaton, when Pou's tongue was cut off, When Reina was capture and kept locked up, Yoshiuki's face when he was told that Ayu died. His face when holding the other dead Ayu..... this is the best and worst manga ive ever read I'll never read it again yet I know i will...

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:( Trigger warnings abound

by moonmystery
5 years ago

Rating: 7.0 / 10.0

This manga is reality for lots of misguided kids who lost their way early on and had no one but manipulative adults that wanted to take advantage of their vulnerability. Terrible terrible reality. Child prostitution is possibly one of the worst things in every country... Pregnancy from rape is a tragedy. I wish we all lived in a better world.

I think the takeaway is to extend a hand to those who could use a little kindness in their lives; you never know the stories of the people you walk past every day.

... Last updated 5 years ago

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Top of the crop of tragedy mangas.

by [A]classfashionbunny
10 years ago

Rating: N/A

There is no happiness, there is no good ending. Only sadness. If you're looking for beautiful things, turn back now. This series is filled with negativity, more so than any other manga i've read up to date.

As one of those who like to immerse themselves in the world a manga draws before us, I'll never re-read this series again. The FEELS are too much.

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Overkill I would say, but still good

by evinrud3005
11 years ago

Rating: 8.0 / 10.0

Ok, the manga was good. Drawing and plot line are nice, and the story is interesting.

But I do think that it is a bit too much in certain aspects:

the bullies are way overhead, the development of the illness is was too unrealistic (you don't die from AIDS right after the symptoms get visible), she is said to be anorexic but her breasts are still full and nice which doesn't fit, and the dog is way too clever (it's like Lassie is reborn!).

But the message is a good one, and I like the fact the the author says that there is probably an Ayu in everyone of us. I do agree, eveyone has self-destructive thoughts and actions, even if very little, and you have to learn to tame them to move forward. And I do agree that our generation is self-destructive, but I am sure that the previous ones were exactly the same, they just had different means to destruct themselves... Anyways, I guess no one wants to read my inner thoughts! 😀

So to conclude: This is a good self-reflective manga, short enough that you don't get entangled in the story, but long enough to leave you with something to brood on. It is dark, very dark, so keep clear if you are already depressed!

... Last updated 11 years ago

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Not for everyone

by hotarusasaki
11 years ago

Rating: 10.0 / 10.0

This manga isn't exactly for the fainthearted as there are quite a bit of mature content. Its also really, really sad and full of sad plot twists. As soon as you think "Finally, things are going to be alright now." You get proved wrong...

I read this one first
then Host
then Reina
And Pao

I think I found Reina the brightest story out of the lot. The others can get a bit too depressing and boringly so as there seem to be no highlights, so I suppose I may have enjoyed Reina's story the most, except that one was sad as well.

I dont think the reading order of them matters that much but it took me a while to realise that the stories after Host aren't exactly related. Like the events are similiar and so are the characters but the author has tweaked some bits, so things might not add up from one story to another. I prefer this artist as it was the first one I got used to and as I read Pao afterwards I just couldn't stop going "thats wrong" "she doesn't look like that" "the drawings have degraded" in my head. I didnt realise that the artists had changed although I did notice the art style had, so I thought Pao was written first when the authors art wasnt so good then. I just couldnt get used to the art style so I didnt enjoy the story as much. As for Host, that's probably the Sequal while Reina is like an Alternate Ending to the sequal from a different characters perspective or something? I'm not sure. Either way Great Sad Series that might not be appreciated by everyone but has earned my appreciation for the wonderful plot and characters.

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