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“Working-class Tsukushi clashes with rich bully Tsukasa at elite Eitoku Academy, sparking unexpected romance.”
Boys Over Flowers
花より男子
7.92
1,062 rank · 27,590 readers · 1,191 favorites
Shoujo
School
Award Winning
Drama
Romance
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Synopsis
Working-class Tsukushi clashes with rich bully Tsukasa at elite Eitoku Academy, sparking unexpected romance.
Tsukushi Makino, a working-class girl, attends an elite elevator school called Eitoku Academy, populated by children from rich, high-society families. She is the "weed" of the school surrounded by all the rich kids including the "Flower" Four (F4). The F4 leader and son of the wealthiest, most powerful family in Japan, Tsukasa Domyoji, takes an interest in Tsukushi, because she is the only girl at Eitoku who doesn't fawn over him. However, his hot-headed nature and bullying ways are originally a major turn-off for Tsukushi, who has her sights set on someone else. (Source: Wikipedia) Included one-shot: Volume 1: End of the Century
What people say
Community consensus
Derived from 31 sampled reviews
8.0
/10
What 31 readers settled on.
85%
recommend
Score distribution
median 9
mode 10
σ 2.66
Agreement
Polarized
σ 2.66 · split reception
The polarity gap
7.1 pts
Recommenders 9.4 · others 2.3
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Score over time
↓ 1.97
Running avg · Aug 2008 → Jun 2023
Snap verdicts
· shortest highly-rated reviews
- 7 “I thoroughly enjoyed this manga, as the main character’s strength and self-confidence are truly enviable. While I found myself overusing the word "so" in my excitement, there were no actual flaws...”
- 10 “Hana Yori Dango is the most perfect shojo series ever created, as I was immediately hooked by its addictive drama and romance. There are no criticisms to be found, as this work remains the manga...”
- 10 “The story, characters, and humor are absolutely fantastic, making this a must-read for any shoujo or romance fan. While the art starts off looking a bit lame and the characters can occasionally...”
Verbosity
Short · 35%
Medium · 45%
Long · 19%
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A Manga Publication
- Format 244 × 37 ch × vol
- Total read 32h 32m approx
- Published Oct 1992 – Apr 2008
- Source Manga media type
- Ref. BS-M0813 catalog