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“On her first day, Ao is asked by Riku to be his fake girlfriend, and she agrees.”
Koishitagari no Blue
恋したがりのブルー
7.56
2,819 rank · 5,105 readers · 26 favorites
Shoujo
School
Romance
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Synopsis
On her first day, Ao is asked by Riku to be his fake girlfriend, and she agrees.
"Won’t you become my girlfriend?" On the day of her high school entrance ceremony, Ao got asked that by Riku, a guy that she has only just met. But by that, he meant to ask her to become his fake girlfriend, just to pretend. Ao was surprised by the sudden request, but after knowing Riku's true feeling, she decided to agree to become his fake girlfriend...? (Source: Aerandria Scans)
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Community consensus
Derived from 8 sampled reviews
7.6
/10
What 8 readers settled on.
86%
recommend
Score distribution
median 8
mode 8
σ 2.06
Agreement
Polarized
σ 2.06 · split reception
The polarity gap
4.7 pts
Recommenders 8.7 · others 4.0
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Score over time
↓ 2.38
Running avg · Mar 2010 → Dec 2022
Snap verdicts
· shortest highly-rated reviews
- 8 “This is a story of "a fake love turned real". You know, the become-my-fake-bf/gf kind of game turned so complicated then all the other characters become affected drama. This is heartbreaking, as...”
- 9 “it's kind of funny that i can't find chapter 21 and on of this manga (since there's 6 volumes and chapter 20 is the end of the 5th volume) but i will be looking for it! I thought the drama in this...”
- 8 “I admit that the plot is not exactly what you would call unique or sophisticated. It's pretty cliche, with your average shoujo school-life drama. If you're ok with generic plots however, I would...”
Verbosity
Short · 75%
Medium · 13%
Long · 13%
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A Manga Publication
- Format 24 × 6 ch × vol
- Total read 3h 12m approx
- Published Aug 2007 – Jul 2009
- Source Manga media type
- Ref. BS-M6351 catalog