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“Kanoko falls for her late brother's lover Hijiri, vowing to win his heart despite Kiichiro's lingering memory.”
He Was My Brother
兄だったモノ
7.18
6,941 rank · 2,002 readers · 9 favorites
Horror
Mystery
Supernatural
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Synopsis
Kanoko falls for her late brother's lover Hijiri, vowing to win his heart despite Kiichiro's lingering memory.
The sudden death of her older brother Kiichiro brings high schooler Kanoko all the way from Tokyo to Hiroshima to visit his grave alongside his past lover, Hijiri. Promising her brother she would protect Hijiri after Kiichiro's passing, Kanoko finds herself falling in love with Hijiri despite herself. She pledges to keep visiting Hijiri in his a Kiichiro's old home in Hiroshima until Hijiri falls for her too. However, her brother's memory still lingers everpresent, like a Romeo not yet ready to give up his Juliet... (Source: Mangamo)
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Community consensus
Derived from 2 sampled reviews
5.5
/10
What 2 readers settled on.
50%
recommend
Score distribution
median 5.5
mode 4
σ 1.50
Agreement
Mostly aligned
σ 1.50 · some divergence
The polarity gap
3.0 pts
Recommenders 7.0 · others 4.0
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No
Score over time
↓ 1.50
Running avg · Jan 2023 → Jan 2025
Snap verdicts
· shortest highly-rated reviews
- 7 “I gotta say lads, this is quite an interesting thriller I’ve ever bumped into although I will admit at first, it is uncomfortable to see a young schoolgirl being in love with her dead brothers...”
- 4 “This manga is so disappointing. It starts well and does make you invested in the story, but at some point turns into a nonsense edgy toxic BL. The more happened, the less interesting it got. If...”
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Medium · 100%
Long · 0%
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A Manga Publication
- Published May 2021 – ongoing
- Source Manga media type
- Ref. BS-M63785 catalog