Nanami Aoyama

Synopsis

Nanami had a shotgun wedding with a TV producer six years her senior. Two years after giving birth, intimacy with her husband has completely ceased. On top of that, she’s become nothing but “Mom” to him. She knows he means no harm—he’s a devoted father who actively helps with childcare on his rare days off. She had convinced herself this was normal, that family happiness came first.

But drowning in solo parenting duties, Nanami’s loneliness and frustration grew. When she suggested having a second child as a way to reconnect, his response was: “Why don’t we just do fertility treatment instead?” Had her husband lost all desire? Or does he simply no longer see her as a woman since the pregnancy?

Caught up in childcare and housework, sex has been off the table. She questions whether she’s still an attractive wife to him in her private life. Yet she’s not even 30, and her appearance hasn’t deteriorated compared to her peers. The thought that she might never be desired as a woman again consumed her…