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“30-year-old hikikomori's father dies on honeymoon; his young stepmother moves in to care for him.”
Me~teru no Kimochi
め～てるの気持ち
6.34
19,932 rank · 8,551 readers · 37 favorites
Seinen
Drama
Romance
Ecchi
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Synopsis
30-year-old hikikomori's father dies on honeymoon; his young stepmother moves in to care for him.
Koizumi, Shintarou is 30 years old, a virgin, and has isolated himself in his room for 15 years. He has become a burden on his father, Koizumi Yasujirou. One day, Shintarou makes a proposition that if Yasujirou gets a girlfriend, Shintarou will come out of his room. It turns out that Yasujirou has already made a girlfriend, a young beautiful woman, Yoshinaga Haruka, who is with Yasujirou for her own personal reasons. Yasujirou and Haruka decide to get married, but Yasujirou dies on their honeymoon. Now Haruka decides to take care of Shintarou, and so this weird "mother and son" are now living together.
What people say
Community consensus
Derived from 7 sampled reviews
6.4
/10
What 7 readers settled on.
57%
recommend
Score distribution
median 7
mode 3
σ 2.87
Agreement
Polarized
σ 2.87 · split reception
The polarity gap
5.4 pts
Recommenders 8.8 · others 3.3
Yes
No
Score over time
↓ 0.57
Running avg · Dec 2009 → Apr 2023
Snap verdicts
· shortest highly-rated reviews
- 10 “This manga starts off with great potential and delivers a powerful emotional experience that left me completely crushed. However, the ending is incredibly frustrating and painful, leaving me...”
- 10 “This manga is a magnificent, well-constructed masterpiece that beautifully captures the journey of personal change through desperation and delusion. While the character development is not the...”
- 7 “This manga is an engaging, heartfelt comedy-drama featuring appealing art and a narrative that keeps you hooked from start to finish. While the premise is admittedly far-fetched and the ending...”
Verbosity
Short · 43%
Medium · 29%
Long · 29%
Read Order & Related
A self-contained story.
No sequels, spin-offs or alternate tellings — Me~teru no Kimochi begins and ends here.
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A Manga Publication
- Format 28 × 3 ch × vol
- Total read 3h 44m approx
- Published Aug 2006 – Jun 2007
- Source Manga media type
- Ref. BS-M0897 catalog