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“Fifth-grader Tsubomi navigates puberty, her mother's pregnancy, first period, and new feelings around boys.”
Naisho no Tsubomi
ないしょのつぼみ
6.52
7,560 rank · 8,705 viewers · 8 favorites
Romance
School
Shoujo
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Synopsis
Fifth-grader Tsubomi navigates puberty, her mother's pregnancy, first period, and new feelings around boys.
Tsubomi Tachibana is a fifth grader dealing with rather sensitive issues such as her mother's pregnancy, her first period and the strange feelings she has started to get when she has been around boys. (Source: ANN)
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Derived from 4 sampled reviews
8.5
/10
What 4 viewers settled on.
100%
recommend
Score distribution
median 8.5
mode 7
σ 1.12
Agreement
Mostly aligned
σ 1.12 · some divergence
The polarity gap
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Not enough recommend signal yet
Score over time
↑ 0.50
Running avg · Dec 2008 → Feb 2025
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· shortest highly-rated reviews
- 10 “This short anime is about kids exploring relationships and how awkward learning about sex and becoming aware of the differences between boys and girls is. It has a very cute classic artstyle and...”
- 8 “Please don't care my little mistakes around this review :3 ! I was looking one anime download page when I saw title "Naisho no Tsubomi". I wanted to know what kind of anime it is, so I...”
- 9 “OH BOY, I WISH I HAD THIS WHEN I WAS A YOUNGER! This was a lot more useful than the book my mom read to me when I was a young teenager. The Story: The story was very good and relatable for me. As,...”
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Short · 25%
Medium · 25%
Long · 50%
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- Format 3 × 27′ eps × min
- Total runtime 1h 21m all episodes
- Aired Apr 2008 – Jun 2008
- Source Ova media type
- Rated PG Children
- Ref. BS-3182 catalog
Produced by
- Happinet Pictures Producer
Licensed by
- Sentai Filmworks Licensor