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“Elementary-school girl Satomi takes over family stationery shop after parents' collapse, determined to keep it running alone.”
Yuuyake Rocket Pencil
夕焼けロケットペンシル
7.4
4,164 rank · 1,308 readers · 8 favorites
Seinen
Romance
Slice of Life
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Synopsis
Elementary-school girl Satomi takes over family stationery shop after parents' collapse, determined to keep it running alone.
Satomi's mother has left her father, but Satomi still waits for her at the family stationery shop. When Satomi's father, who has become an otaku and given up on life, decides to close the shop, she begs him to turn it over to her instead. Yuuyake Rocket Pencil relates the struggles and triumphs of an elementary-school girl who runs a store on her own. (Source: Black Rock Scans) Included one-shot: Volume 2: Yuuyake Shuffle
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Derived from 3 sampled reviews
8.0
/10
What 3 readers settled on.
100%
recommend
Score distribution
median 8
mode 6
σ 1.63
Agreement
Mostly aligned
σ 1.63 · some divergence
The polarity gap
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Not enough recommend signal yet
Score over time
↑ 2.00
Running avg · Oct 2017 → Dec 2018
Snap verdicts
· shortest highly-rated reviews
- 10 “I read this manga in a very depressed stupor a few years back and I still remember it fondly today. It's about a little girl who runs a stationery shop and that's it, it deals with her emotions,...”
- 8 “This manga is ridiculously adorable and sweet. The plot ultimately works out unrealistically perfectly to the point it kind of feels off, but it doesn't matter because it's so ridiculously adorable...”
- 6 “After getting a general idea of the story, I was kind of hesitant to continue reading. The fact that it tolerates irresponsible parenting with an enthusiastic cute little girl who is okay with it...”
Verbosity
Short · 67%
Medium · 33%
Long · 0%
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A Manga Publication
- Format 19 × 3 ch × vol
- Total read 2h 32m approx
- Published Mar 2010 – Sep 2011
- Source Manga media type
- Ref. BS-M17461 catalog