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“Estranged childhood friends reunite when Ryou saves popular Hina from groper; she hopes to rekindle romance.”
The Girl I Saved on the Train Turned Out to Be My Childhood Friend
痴漢されそうになっているＳ級美少女を助けたら隣の席の幼馴染だった
6.53
17,430 rank · 12,153 readers · 53 favorites
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Synopsis
Estranged childhood friends reunite when Ryou saves popular Hina from groper; she hopes to rekindle romance.
When Ryou Takamori confronts a groper on the train, it turns out he's come to the rescue of his estranged childhood friend, Hina Fushimi. The two drifted apart in middle school as the social gap between ever-popular beauty Hina and plain loner Ryou widened—but this incident might be the catalyst Hina's been waiting for to rekindle their friendship. And she's got her fingers crossed that it'll spark something more...if only Ryou would get a clue! (Source: Yen Press)
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Community consensus
Derived from 9 sampled reviews
4.4
/10
What 9 readers settled on.
13%
recommend
Score distribution
median 4
mode 3
σ 2.41
Agreement
Polarized
σ 2.41 · split reception
The polarity gap
5.4 pts
Recommenders 9.0 · others 3.6
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Score over time
↓ 1.56
Running avg · Dec 2020 → Feb 2026
Snap verdicts
· shortest highly-rated reviews
- 9 “I don't really understand why people think that this manga is bad, I read all I can at the moment under 2 days, and all I can say is that this manga is a good rom-com manga. The art is pretty good,...”
- 7 “Don't read this Manga if you dislike a painfull read. A bit of spoilers ahead: Mc is dense as hell and more towards the future we get a version of him a bit more depressed (as of latest chapter)....”
- 5 “There is too much mysteries out there, the fact that the ML has a weird feeling for love that makes him dense is great BUT damn it's so long to get to that part, there is also, as we could expect,...”
Verbosity
Short · 78%
Medium · 11%
Long · 11%
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A Manga Publication
- Format 96 × 11 ch × vol
- Total read 12h 48m approx
- Published Oct 2020 – May 2024
- Source Manga media type
- Ref. BS-M55441 catalog