“At an all-girls school, outgoing Chitose confesses to shy Yae, exploring their blossoming relationship and adolescent sexuality.”
Hanjuku-Joshi
半熟女子
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Synopsis
At an all-girls school, outgoing Chitose confesses to shy Yae, exploring their blossoming relationship and adolescent sexuality.
At Momoyama High School, an all-girls school, the blunt and outgoing Chitose Hayami meets the timid and cute Yae Sakura when she offers to help her separate trash that was put in the wrong bin. Admiring Yae's kind heart, Chitose nominates the two as class representatives against Yae's will. Later that day, to Yae's surprise, Chitose confesses her feelings to the former, telling her that she resembles her first love. In return, Yae explains that she was rejected by her middle school crush, a girl, and therefore hates being a girl herself. Chitose replies that she loves Yae the way she is. Enraptured by the sentiment, Yae begins to spend more time with Chitose. Centered around the relationship that blooms between the two girls, Hanjuku Joshi explores the depth of human sexuality and the way adolescents view themselves and each other.
What people say
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Derived from 5 sampled reviews
What 5 readers settled on.
Strong agreement
σ 0.63 · scores cluster tight
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Not enough recommend signal yet
↑ 1.00
Running avg · Jul 2009 → Jul 2020
- 9 “Yuri Manga. About Yuri Love. When I saw that it was, I wasn't too interested, but I read it anyway. It was short. BUT, it has pretty good characters, and overall, it really showcases Girls Love...”
- 8 “Yet again we have another Yuri, Romance set in an all-girls school and Hanjuku Joshi may seem like any typical sweet story; however there’s more to it than meets the eye and I’m not just talking...”
- 9 “Hanjuku Joshi just might be changing the face of what we think is perverted and what is actually a portrayal of physical expression of passion. I've never read ecchi manga before, but after hearing...”
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A Manga Publication
- Format 18 × 2 ch × vol
- Total read 2h 24m approx
- Published Oct 2008 – Aug 2009
- Source Manga media type
- Ref. BS-M7725 catalog