When We Were Seventeen
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Last published Thu, May 29, 2025
When We Were Seventeen is a slow-burning, emotionally raw Japanese romance about first love, regret, and reunion.
Ren Shibasaki and Yui Nakamura were quiet classmates in a sleepy town. They never confessed their feelings-until the day Yui moved overseas without saying goodbye.
At thirty, both scarred by broken relationships and hollow routines, they meet again-accidentally-in a rainy Melbourne bar. The feelings are still there. But so are the walls.
This time, love will need more than timing. It will need courage.
A heartfelt novel of second chances, missed connections, and the things we carry for years.
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