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“Santa-in-training Mai vows to bring one night of happiness to unlucky boy Santa on Christmas Eve.”
Itsudatte My Santa!
いつだってＭｙサンタ!
6.47
18,307 rank · 2,679 readers · 4 favorites
Shounen
Comedy
Fantasy
Romance
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Synopsis
Santa-in-training Mai vows to bring one night of happiness to unlucky boy Santa on Christmas Eve.
Mai, a Santa Claus in training, appears in front of an unlucky boy named Santa, on Christmas Eve, promising him, she will make him happy for one night.
What people say
Community consensus
Derived from 3 sampled reviews
5.3
/10
What 3 readers settled on.
67%
recommend
Score distribution
median 7
mode 1
σ 3.09
Agreement
Polarized
σ 3.09 · split reception
The polarity gap
6.5 pts
Recommenders 7.5 · others 1.0
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Score over time
↓ 1.67
Running avg · Nov 2010 → Oct 2020
Snap verdicts
· shortest highly-rated reviews
- 8 “This was something that is very distinctly Ken Akamatsu. In fact, in the end, the girl looks just like Saati! For a Christmas one-shot, it was fairly well written. A bit cliche for 90's (works...”
- 7 “When people think about holidays, the first things that usually comes to people minds are joyous, happy, exciting, fun-filled celebrations with friends and family. That may be true for most people,...”
- 1 “So there was once a time in which I reviewed a 2 episode OVA called Itsudatte My Santa. That manga was so bad that I was curious as to if the manga was as bad as the manga. I was surprised...”
Verbosity
Short · 33%
Medium · 33%
Long · 33%
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A One shot Publication
- Format 1 ch ch × vol
- Total read 0h 08m approx
- Published Dec 1997 – ongoing
- Source One shot media type
- Ref. BS-M1442 catalog