Koutaro, Sara and Mitsuki have known each other forever. But when Sara becomes closer to Kou, Mitsuki realizes she may have lost her one chance at happiness. So she decides to make her move on a man she believes is taken, even when that may fragment their lifelong friendship.

Fragmented Love has a story and art by pyon-Kti. Translation by Andrew Castle and lettering by Gonzalo Recio. Published by FAKKU (October, 2026). Rated M.

Jean-Karlo Lemus
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In the afterword to this book, pyon-Kti notes it's been a decade since their last book. You can definitely appreciate that legacy of work in Fragmented Love. While this is another grab bag of stories, the artwork is a full-on victory lap on pyon-Kti's behalf. There are over 62 pages of full-color art in this volume, including short comics, illustrations, and even an introduction to one of the “main” stories in the volume. One of the chapters even serves as a prologue to one of the later stories.

While the stories all cover a variety of bases when it comes to tone (bittersweet, toxic love, surprise dynamic-reversals, lovey-dovey), more than a few of these chapters are two-parters dealing with our couples in question. The narratives tend to be a highlight, going deep into the minds and hearts of our characters before the clothes come off. pyon-Kti definitely likes to make stories about characters pining for each other, or frustratedly pining for others. As far as narrative goes, there's plenty to sink your teeth into.

And then there's the art, which also makes you want to sink your teeth in. While pyon-Kti seldom strays from the idealized female figures you'd expect (big boobs, squishy butts), detail is lavished upon these bodies. Sure, maybe a vagina isn't supposed to look like that when a woman spreads it open, but pyon-Kti puts effort into drawing some of the most detailed, inviting genitalia they can. Their color work especially astounds, from the rich skin tones to the fastidious details of lotion and bodily fluids catching the light. They also deserve credit for their facial expressions; from tender afterglows to wanton expressions of desire, pyon-Kti spares no effort in lavishing flourishes. Folks weirded out by how drooly people get in hentai will likely be disappointed here—pyon-Kti draws a lot of drooly kisses and open-mouthed expressions. But if there's ever a time for people to have weird, drooly expressions, it's the middle of some really good sex.

Simply put, Fragmented Love is one of the best eromanga released this season. In terms of how much you're getting and the detail of it all, anyone looking for the next great eromanga is strongly recommended to pick a copy up. This one is definitely one you'll want a hard copy of, just for those color pages.

Lucas DeRuyter
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While there's a lot of manga nowadays that focuses on cuckolding/NTR as its central theme, pyon-Kti's Fragmented Love is one of the few pieces of erotic manga I've read that really engages with the anxiety, insecurity, and eroticism tied to those feelings.

A series of vignettes with an occasional narrative follow-up, Fragmented Love's main throughline is characters using sex to process their anxieties. One of the opening colored short stories, “A Guide on Pampering,” sees the leading lady Nano fill a soft-domme role to help her cousin (gross), a famous novelist, deal with the identity-destroying anxiety of writer's block by helping him escape the expectations placed upon him through infantilization play. Similarly, the first full-length chapter of the work, “Unrequented Lovesickness,” sees an older man and a young woman hook up and form a relationship after the two bond over both being single and feeling left behind by their coupled peers. “The Day After” is an entire chapter based on the anxiety that follows a hookup and the uncertainty over what it means for the relationship, and is as erotic as it is emotionally affecting. There's even a chapter where a young man shacks up with two fox spirits he meets in the woods, where he has lunch as his classmates tease him over his love of inari sushi, which is probably the dumbest chapter in Fragmented Love, but it still shows this work's commitment to showing how physical intimacy can alleviate social anxiety and how this kind of uncomfortability can be a path to a relationship.

Not only a master of smutty writing, but pyon-Kti is also an incredible draftsperson with an eye for page layouts and striking imagery. Fragmented Love has an incredible number of color pages and dedicated illustrations that show off the artist's well-honed abilities and understanding of what makes these kinds of images pop. There's also a shocking number of narratives in this work that center on lesbian longing and characters whose only outlet to express those feelings is through nearby men, so you should definitely pick this up if you're someone who enjoys women filling the cuckold role in this kind of fiction.

It's not often that a work this big, coming in at nearly 250 pages, maintains such a high quality throughout, but nearly every entry in this anthology is a banger or is at least interesting enough to be worth a read. If you're going to buy one hentai this fall, it should probably be pyon-Kti's Fragmented Love.

Bolts
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Love is a very powerful emotion, but it's also very unstable. Love can take many different forms that can also drive people to make incredibly rash decisions, doing whatever they can to feel connected to the person that they feel drawn to. I think the opening and closing stories of this compilation perfectly set the tone for the rest of the book, focusing on a young girl who forces herself on a classmate in an attempt to get closer to his girlfriend, who she really feels strong affection towards. It's twisted and upsetting, but the passion on display elevates the short sex scenes to something that leaves a definitive impact. While I think those are the best stories in the compilation, the rest in this book all play with that idea of a twisted form of love.

Maybe you're someone who's longing for someone from afar? Maybe you're rekindling a love from the past? Or maybe you're baiting for love with pictures over social media? These are just a few ideas that make up the premise for some of the sex scenes. What I like about this collection is that while a lot of the sex feels very vanilla, there is an underlying twisted undertone to it that doesn't make it feel completely pure. It's almost like the characters are trying to claim each other as their own during the sex, which adds a layer of intensity that feels consistent throughout. This is a collection that I think perfectly encapsulates its theme in tone, storytelling, and execution. If you're looking for some strong passion, then I would definitely suggest tackling this.