“Nana seeks friends but clashes with popular Yano, discovering his hidden pain and finding unexpected love.”
We Were There
僕等がいた
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Synopsis
Nana seeks friends but clashes with popular Yano, discovering his hidden pain and finding unexpected love.
All 15-year-old Nanami "Nana" Takahashi wants in high school is to make as many friends as possible. However, her inability to follow along with the general gossip of the school, coupled with her failing to remember people's names, gets in the way of her ambitious goals. One day, Nana has the displeasure of meeting the popular Motoharu Yano—whom allegedly two-thirds of the girls at school have fallen head-over-heels for. Irritated by Yano's mischievous antics and carefree attitude, Nana declares her hatred for him. But unbeknownst to her, Yano hides a somber burden under his charismatic demeanor, one that makes it difficult for him to open up to others. As Nana and Yano keep crossing paths, their clashes slowly give way to something deeper. Nana finds herself drawn to the pain she senses behind Yano's smile, while Yano begins to see in Nana a sincerity he's been missing. Together, they must navigate the complexities of first love and the scars that people carry beneath the surface.
What people say
Community consensus
Derived from 21 sampled reviews
What 21 readers settled on.
Polarized
σ 2.00 · split reception
6.0 pts
Recommenders 9.5 · others 3.5
↓ 1.29
Running avg · Sep 2011 → Mar 2025
- 9 “Wow what can I say about this manga? It's realistic as heck. It shows how cruel life can be. Despite how hard life can be, true love always prevail. This manga shows that no matter how long it is,...”
- 10 “I finished this manga a few months back, and I am just now making a review out of it. The story is about a girl named Nanami Takahashi, who enters high school and falls in love with a popular boy...”
- 10 “I love shoujo series that aren't superficial and are unique in their own sense, which is exactly what Bokura ga Ita is. The story has a great pace and is very atypical from the usual shoujo, slice...”
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A Manga Publication
- Format 70 × 16 ch × vol
- Total read 9h 20m approx
- Published Apr 2002 – Feb 2012
- Source Manga media type
- Ref. BS-M0954 catalog