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“Unranked mercenary Morito Hayama must protect an ultra-high-value target no previous bodyguard has ever survived.”
Gun x Clover
ガン×クローバー
7.33
4,949 rank · 20,277 readers · 202 favorites
Shounen
Harem
Martial Arts
School
Action
Comedy
Romance
Ecchi
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Synopsis
Unranked mercenary Morito Hayama must protect an ultra-high-value target no previous bodyguard has ever survived.
Mikado High School trains the best students to be the best mercenary bodyguards. But Morito Hayama, a merc escort student with no rank whatsoever, is suddenly assigned to guard a person so highly valued that no escort has ever survived before. Will his subject survive the experience? Will he survive?! (Source: MU)
What people say
Community consensus
Derived from 5 sampled reviews
7.8
/10
What 5 readers settled on.
100%
recommend
Score distribution
median 8
mode 8
σ 1.33
Agreement
Mostly aligned
σ 1.33 · some divergence
The polarity gap
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Not enough recommend signal yet
Score over time
↓ 0.20
Running avg · Jun 2012 → May 2023
Snap verdicts
· shortest highly-rated reviews
- 8 “The characters are well-developed and possess a charismatic appeal that makes the series surprisingly interesting after the first chapter. While the storyline relies on overused tropes like an...”
- 10 “The art is outstanding, and the characters are incredibly unique, featuring complex personalities like the male lead's three-sided nature and the female lead's seven-sided craziness. There are no...”
- 8 “This is one of the best harem series I have read, featuring outstanding, eye-catching art and a compelling, darker tone that offers high re-read value. While the story is not particularly unique,...”
Verbosity
Short · 40%
Medium · 20%
Long · 40%
Read Order & Related
A self-contained story.
No sequels, spin-offs or alternate tellings — Gun x Clover begins and ends here.
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A Manga Publication
- Format 60 × 12 ch × vol
- Total read 8h 00m approx
- Published Apr 2012 – Nov 2017
- Source Manga media type
- Ref. BS-M19384 catalog