A Brief Moment of Ichika manga volume 1 features story and art by Natsu Tadano.

He was my reason for living—

It's been three years since college student Ichika Sendawara was given two years to live, and she naturally feels like time is running out. But then, on the train, she happens to see her beloved teacher Professor Yurugi, who had vanished suddenly at the end of last semester.

That one glimpse stokes the fire of a passion she had more or less given up on…but they may have more in common than she ever suspected. The economy in storytelling in this first of three volumes only serves to underline the poignancy of their connection—is a brief flash of happiness worth the pain of separation?

— Life is fleeting, and love all the more so.

A Brief Moment of Ichika manga volume 2 features story and art by Natsu Tadano.

I want to be happy, and I want it to be with him—

Happy-go-lucky college student Ichika Sendawara is living on borrowed time, but when the professor she's in love with learns of her illness, her cheery facade begins to crack.

Can Ichika and Professor Yurugi, terminally ill himself, maintain—or deepen—their relationship, even with the knowledge that they have no future…?

A Brief Moment of Ichika manga volume 3 features story and art by Natsu Tadano.

Ichika and Prof. Yurugi must decide if the pain of losing someone is worth the moments of happiness and comfort they can afford each other in this latest volume.

FINAL VOLUME