Honey Bitter

Honey Bitter
Cover of the first manga volume
ハニービター (Hanī Bitā)
Genre	Mystery, Romance
Manga
Written by	Miho Obana
Published by	Shueisha
Demographic	Josei
Magazine	Cookie
Original run	February 2004 – present
Volumes	12 (List of volumes)

Honey Bitter (ハニービター, Hanī Bitā^?) is an ongoing josei manga by Miho Obana. In honor of the twentieth anniversary of Miho Obana's debut, a crossover between Honey Bitter and Kodocha called Deep Clear was released in 2010.

Honey Bitter revolves around a girl named Shuri who was mistreated by her ex-boyfriend, Riki. She grew a hate for men in general after she had broken up with him, and wanted to start over fresh with her life. She started to work for aunt's company, using her ability to see things before they happened as a stepping stone to becoming a great detective. However, by mistake, her aunt hires her ex for the company as well, and Shuri's life takes a turn for the worse as she must put up with him now.

Volume 6 reached the 22nd place on the weekly Oricon manga charts with 29,422 copies sold; volume 7 reached the 16th place, with 38,895 copies sold; volume 8 reached the 20th place with 40,906 copies; volume 9 reached the 43rd place and has sold 48,195 copies as of December 22, 2013; volume 10 reached the 22nd place with 36,644 copies and volume 11 reached the 36th place and has sold 47,642 copies as of May 3, 2015.