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“Hatori, self-proclaimed heroine, faces reality when crush Rita dates quiet classmate Miho, questioning her role.”
No Longer Heroine
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7.02
9,313 rank · 23,688 readers · 326 favorites
Shoujo
School
Romance
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Synopsis
Hatori, self-proclaimed heroine, faces reality when crush Rita dates quiet classmate Miho, questioning her role.
Constantly gauging the roles of others, Hatori Matsuzaki has always been the main character, so it's only fitting that she be the heroine for her crush and childhood friend, Rita Terasaka. Even though he has girlfriends, she is convinced that she is the only "right" person for him and that they will eventually be together. This is the narrative Hatori has followed her entire life. However, her whole world is thrown into chaos when Rita begins paying attention to their classmate Miho Adachi, a plain and unassuming wallflower, and they soon start dating. Hatori begins to question the nature of her reality: has she been the side character the whole time?Included one-shots: Volume 7: Thank You☆Last Samurai (Thank You For the Last Samurai) Volume 10: Souri de Sorry
What people say
Community consensus
Derived from 23 sampled reviews
6.3
/10
What 23 readers settled on.
65%
recommend
Score distribution
median 6
mode 5
σ 2.44
Agreement
Polarized
σ 2.44 · split reception
The polarity gap
5.5 pts
Recommenders 8.6 · others 3.2
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Score over time
↓ 1.65
Running avg · Jan 2012 → Jul 2025
Snap verdicts
· shortest highly-rated reviews
- 10 “Story -10 Art-8 Character-9 Enjoyment-10 Overall-10 I like the story very well, plus the characters were not bad. The enjoyment i get from reading this manga is priceless. the flow of the story can...”
- 8 “I kinda love this manga, cause unlike other shoujo mangas, you get to see the perspective of the villain. The manga really showed the realistic truth about unrequited love. I honestly cried for the...”
- 10 “I dont really know why a lot of people hate this manga. But i think this is one of the best shoujo manga i have ever read. The story is not ordinary and the art is okay ( actually i love it though...”
Verbosity
Short · 26%
Medium · 48%
Long · 26%
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A Manga Publication
- Format 42 × 10 ch × vol
- Total read 5h 36m approx
- Published Mar 2010 – Mar 2013
- Source Manga media type
- Ref. BS-M14655 catalog