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“Estranged heir kidnapped to choose lover from five scheming girls while navigating corporate succession intrigue.”
Strategic Lovers
ストラテジックラバーズ
5.89
6,534 readers · 32 favorites
Shounen
Harem
Erotica
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Synopsis
Estranged heir kidnapped to choose lover from five scheming girls while navigating corporate succession intrigue.
Kouta Higashiyama is the estranged son of an enormously wealthy corporate founder—and his twenty-third mistress! Kouta thinks the issue of succession and inheritance has nothing to do with him, until his father's condition worsens and Kouta's suddenly kidnapped to become the next chairman. Before him are five beautiful girls, all in contention to become his lover—and each with her own agenda. It's up to Kouta to investigate and choose who he wants...but with his hands full from the girls' advances, will he really be the one controlling the board, or will he become a pawn instead? (Source: Yen Press)
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Community consensus
Derived from 5 sampled reviews
3.8
/10
What 5 readers settled on.
20%
recommend
Score distribution
median 3
mode 3
σ 1.72
Agreement
Mostly aligned
σ 1.72 · some divergence
The polarity gap
4.0 pts
Recommenders 7.0 · others 3.0
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No
Score over time
↓ 0.20
Running avg · Dec 2021 → Dec 2024
Snap verdicts
· shortest highly-rated reviews
- 7 “This show is, for what it is, very good. The mystery concept isn't super bad but you will be disappointed if you expect them to have particularly varying motivations. Girls in this series are...”
- 2 “The manga presents itself like every character has secret motivations and are scheming to get what they want. However by chapter 3 it just falls flat and devolves into Orgy House: Otaku Edition....”
- 4 “Though Strategic Lovers opens with an intriguing first chapter that suggests a narrative of intellectual rigour and scheming within an Ecchi, Harem setting, only the latter is fulfilled. Although...”
Verbosity
Short · 60%
Medium · 40%
Long · 0%
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A Manga Publication
- Published Feb 2021 – ongoing
- Source Manga media type
- Ref. BS-M56992 catalog