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“Homeless boy meets girl who offers herself for 24 yen under a bridge.”
By Spring
バイ・スプリング
6.64
15,814 rank · 6,706 readers · 61 favorites
Seinen
Drama
Romance
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Synopsis
Homeless boy meets girl who offers herself for 24 yen under a bridge.
Souta, a penniless, phoneless, destitute middle schooler, met a high school girl with a stray cat underneath a bridge. The girl laughed at his minuscule remaining change, and made a surprising proposal with "For this 24 yen of yours, I'll let you buy me," and then...!? (Source: MangaDex)
What people say
Community consensus
Derived from 6 sampled reviews
7.3
/10
What 6 readers settled on.
83%
recommend
Score distribution
median 7.5
mode 7
σ 2.21
Agreement
Polarized
σ 2.21 · split reception
The polarity gap
5.2 pts
Recommenders 8.2 · others 3.0
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Score over time
↓ 0.67
Running avg · Aug 2020 → Oct 2021
Snap verdicts
· shortest highly-rated reviews
- 7 “This story is about a poor boy who struggles with financial and family issues. In school, he has no friends and no one he can rely on as he is often left out. Despite this, he stays positive. One...”
- 9 “I can't believe this is rated so low! This is my second review in the 6 years of being on this website. That is how much I believe this is underrated! First of all I truly believe this manga would...”
- 8 “Well, here is my take on this one. First, like the you can tell from the synopsis, the blonde girl isn't "pure" (or at least she doesn't look like) so as you can expect... this really lowers the...”
Verbosity
Short · 50%
Medium · 50%
Long · 0%
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A Manga Publication
- Format 23 × 3 ch × vol
- Total read 3h 04m approx
- Published Oct 2019 – Nov 2020
- Source Manga media type
- Ref. BS-M51986 catalog