“Nana time-travels 10 years to confess love to her crush, competing with her past self.”
Toshishita no Senpai
年下の先輩
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Synopsis
Nana time-travels 10 years to confess love to her crush, competing with her past self.
Late one night, Nana Nanasawa receives a text from her former high school crush, Aya Seto, asking if they can meet. Though they have not spoken since Seto's wedding, Nana enthusiastically agrees, and the two pass time as if nothing has changed since they were younger. Seto's revelation that she is in the middle of a messy divorce leads them to drink the night away. Waking hungover the next day, it does not take long for Nana to suspect that something is amiss. Believing that she has somehow time traveled by 10 years, Nana revisits the place where Seto should be on this day, and to her surprise, her crush stands there exactly as she remembers. Nana does not want to interfere with history, but she is forced to act when Seto is almost hit by a distracted driver. Introducing herself with the pseudonym Mai Sasaki, Nana abruptly resolves to express her feelings for Seto—no matter how assertive she must be. However, she encounters an unexpected romantic rival in her past self.
What people say
Community consensus
Derived from 3 sampled reviews
What 3 readers settled on.
Mostly aligned
σ 1.70 · some divergence
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Not enough recommend signal yet
↑ 2.33
Running avg · Sep 2022 → Aug 2025
- 9 “This manga is a beautiful, messy, and compelling love story that excels at exploring character growth and the pursuit of a second chance. While the side characters often fade into the background...”
- 8 “The art style has seen significant improvement, and the story becomes increasingly engaging as the plot develops. While the content involves controversial age-gap dynamics and occasional technical...”
- 5 “The story offers a surprisingly engaging and wholesome premise, featuring a compelling time-travel narrative and genuinely cute moments between the leads. Unfortunately, these positive aspects are...”
Read Order & Related
A self-contained story.
No sequels, spin-offs or alternate tellings — Toshishita no Senpai begins and ends here.
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A Manga Publication
- Format 28 × 4 ch × vol
- Total read 3h 44m approx
- Published Apr 2021 – Mar 2022
- Source Manga media type
- Ref. BS-M59538 catalog