Honey Bitter

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Honey Bitter
HoneyBitter cover1.jpg
Cover of the first manga volume
Genre Mystery, romance, [1] suspense [2]
2 February 15, 2005 [5] 4-08-856592-4
3 October 14, 2005 [6] 4-08-856646-7
4 June 15, 2007 [7] 978-4-08-856753-2
5 February 13, 2009 [8] 978-4-08-856872-0
6 April 15, 2010 [9] 978-4-08-867052-2
7 November 15, 2011 [10] 978-4-08-867159-8
8 April 15, 2013 [11] 978-4-08-867266-3
9 December 13, 2013 [12] 978-4-08-867302-8
10 August 12, 2014 [13] 978-4-08-867335-6
11 April 24, 2015 [14] 978-4-08-867369-1
12 August 25, 2016 [15] 978-4-08-867428-5
13 August 25, 2017 [16] 978-4-08-867472-8

Reception

Volume 6 reached the 22nd place on the weekly Oricon manga charts with 29,422 copies sold; [17] volume 7 reached the 16th place, with 38,895 copies sold; [18] volume 8 reached the 20th place with 40,906 copies; [19] volume 9 reached the 43rd place and has sold 48,195 copies as of December 22, 2013; [20] volume 10 reached the 22nd place with 36,644 copies [21] and volume 11 reached the 36th place [22] and has sold 47,642 copies as of May 3, 2015. [23]

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