24-year-old Misuzu Hara is a shy, introverted high school teacher, content to play the passive role of observer...until her quiet life is shaken to its foundations by two men: one her friend’s fiancé, the other her own student.
In Sensei’s Pious Lie, Akane Torikai weaves a complex web of sex, ambivalence, desire, and violence that combines to produce one of the most nuanced and affecting explorations of the intersection between power and gender available in any medium. Own this hard-to-find manga - signed by the author herself!
Akane Torikai: Signed "Sensei's Pious Lie" Manga
Akane Torikai is a Japanese mangaka. She entered the manga industry after graduating from art school and working as an assistant for Minoru Furuya. Torikai made her professional debut in 2004, publishing short stories in magazines including Bessatsu Shojo Friend and Be Love. She has since become known as the author of Sensei's Pious Lie and Jigoku no Girlfriend.