We Can't Do Just Plain Love
Age: đź“š 18+ | 3 Volumes (Ongoing - Vol. 4 February 2026) | Paperback & eBook | Creator: Mafuyu Fukita
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We Can't Do Just Plain Love is a steamy, hilariously heartfelt josei romance from creator Mafuyu Fukita that proves workplace relationships are never simple—especially when both parties are hiding secrets they'd rather keep under wraps. Published under TOKYOPOP's LoveLove imprint, this 18+ series blends spicy encounters with genuine emotional growth.
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Sakura Yuino is the model employee—diligent, professional, and utterly devoted to her work. When she's reassigned to a new supervisor, the handsome and gentlemanly Tatsuki Kiritani, she thinks she's hit the workplace lottery. But beneath their polished exteriors, both Sakura and Tatsuki are hiding personal struggles that make "normal" office life impossible.
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Sakura has a secret: a scent fetish she's never been able to shake. And Tatsuki? He can't be around women without becoming visibly... aroused. It's mortifying, career-threatening, and he's desperate for a solution. When Sakura discovers his predicament, she proposes an unconventional arrangement: "special training" sessions to help him overcome his issues with women. The catch? Her motives aren't entirely selfless—Tatsuki's intoxicating scent is exactly what triggers her own hidden desires.
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What begins as a mutually beneficial arrangement quickly spirals into something neither expected. A drunken post-work encounter shifts their dynamic from colleagues to something far more complicated. As their "training" intensifies, so do their feelings—forcing both to confront whether this arrangement is just physical, or if they're falling for each other for real.
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"If you can handle the spiciness, We Can't Do Just Plain Love offers up complicated and sometimes kinky office romance... If you've been looking for something that's 'not just plain love,' then this series might be just what you need to read next." — Ilgin Side, The Comics Beat
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We Can't Do Just Plain Love is the perfect pick for readers who want their romance served hot, funny, and refreshingly honest.
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Perfect for readers who love: Mature romance, office/workplace settings, boss-subordinate dynamics, kink-positive storytelling, comedy with heat, consent-forward intimacy.
