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“Hotaru tries to convince aspiring manga artist Kokonotsu to inherit his family's rural sweets shop.”
Dagashi Kashi
だがしかし
7.01
9,565 rank · 24,092 readers · 213 favorites
Shounen
Comedy
Gourmet
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Synopsis
Hotaru tries to convince aspiring manga artist Kokonotsu to inherit his family's rural sweets shop.
Shikada Kokonotsu's father owns a rural sweets shop, and his plan is for Kokonotsu to take it over one day. However, Kokonotsu wants to be a manga author instead! One day in summer, the cute but weird girl Shidare Hotaru, from the famous sweets company, comes to pay a visit. Apparently, Kokonotsu's father is famous and she wants him to join her family's company. However, he will only agree if she can convince Kokonotsu to take over the family business! (Source: MangaHelpers)
What people say
Community consensus
Derived from 4 sampled reviews
8.0
/10
What 4 readers settled on.
75%
recommend
Score distribution
median 8
mode 7
σ 1.00
Agreement
Strong agreement
σ 1.00 · scores cluster tight
The polarity gap
1.3 pts
Recommenders 8.3 · others 7.0
Yes
No
Score over time
↑ 1.00
Running avg · Aug 2015 → Sep 2023
Snap verdicts
· shortest highly-rated reviews
- 7 “It's a manga that I can't bring myself to say I don't like, because it's a lie. However, it has more negative than positive points: the characters are wonderful, but they do not have a development,...”
- 9 “Absolutely loved reading this manga! All the characters are very unique and the art is drawn great. The majority of the manga are skits about many types of (real) old and familiar Japanese snacks...”
- 7 “As if Japan didn't have everything already, they also pride themselves on having a HUGE selection of candy and sweets at your nearest convenience stores, and this manga is almost like a throwback...”
Verbosity
Short · 25%
Medium · 75%
Long · 0%
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A Manga Publication
- Format 186 × 11 ch × vol
- Total read 24h 48m approx
- Published Jun 2014 – Apr 2018
- Source Manga media type
- Ref. BS-M29238 catalog