“Naoto's decade-long rivalry with Mikoto turns into a love game that backfires when he genuinely falls for her.”
Last Game
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Synopsis
Naoto's decade-long rivalry with Mikoto turns into a love game that backfires when he genuinely falls for her.
Nothing is beyond Naoto Yanagi, heir to the Yanagi business conglomerate. Idolized for his athletic and intellectual competence, looks and wealth, Naoto lived like a king during his elementary school days—then entered Mikoto Kujou, a plain, gloomy-looking transfer student. Due to her low financial status, Naoto was initially apathetic towards Mikoto. But despite having just arrived at his school, she completely eclipsed him in everything by consistently scoring top marks in exams and placing first in athletic events. After a brief confrontation with her that left him shocked, Naoto vowed to outdo her no matter the cost. Ten years later, they are now students attending the same college. Having failed to defeat Mikoto throughout middle and high school, Naoto decides they will have one last game: if he can make Mikoto fall in love with him and then break her heart, it will be his victory. However, he finds himself falling in love with her instead...Included one-shots: Volume 1: Kimi to, Shiawase. (Happiness with You), Hidamari no Niwa (Garden of Sunlight) Volume 2: Wasureyuki (Forgotten Snow) Volume 4: Ninkoi
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Derived from 20 sampled reviews
What 20 readers settled on.
Polarized
σ 2.56 · split reception
6.6 pts
Recommenders 9.6 · others 3.0
↓ 1.80
Running avg · Dec 2011 → Oct 2021
- 8 “My first thoughts were that this was going to be one of those huge cliche manga that copied a great manga (ex. Special A) It started out exactly like Special A-ish. You got the rich boy who's good...”
- 10 “This is the only manga that I read over 10 times!!! Never got bored with the plot. Kujou and Naoto really cute you know!! I really excited for every scenes. I really hope this manga get into anime!...”
- 10 “I'm a kind of person who likes anime over manga in terms of shoujo genre. So, this is quite is my first time I've been enjoy reading a shoujo manga... So then, here is my review on Shinobu's "Last...”
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A Manga Publication
- Format 66 × 11 ch × vol
- Total read 8h 48m approx
- Published Aug 2011 – Jun 2016
- Source Manga media type
- Ref. BS-M17276 catalog