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“College student Shizuka joins a hot springs club and must hide his embarrassment when he encounters Ruka, a girl he saw naked while drunk at a hot spring.”
Hetakoi
ヘタコイ
7.57
2,773 rank · 16,270 readers · 180 favorites
Seinen
School
Comedy
Drama
Romance
Ecchi
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Synopsis
College student Shizuka joins a hot springs club and must hide his embarrassment when he encounters Ruka, a girl he saw naked while drunk at a hot spring.
For his twentieth birthday, Shizuka chooses to go to a hot springs alone. To his surprise, he also ends up seeing his first naked woman... a passed out drunk girl. Soon afterward he enters college, and his friend from high school convinces him to join the female dominated travel and hot springs club. Amazingly, the girl he saw naked, Ruka, is also a member of the club! Now he must interact with his club more or less normally, and pretend he doesn't imagine Ruka naked every time he sees her. He is determined that his embarrassing secret never be made public! (Source: MangaHelpers) Included one-shots: Volume 5: Katakoi Volume 10: Toori no Kado wo Magaru made
What people say
Community consensus
Derived from 19 sampled reviews
7.7
/10
What 19 readers settled on.
78%
recommend
Score distribution
median 8
mode 10
σ 2.27
Agreement
Polarized
σ 2.27 · split reception
The polarity gap
4.9 pts
Recommenders 8.9 · others 4.0
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Score over time
↓ 1.32
Running avg · Oct 2010 → Mar 2023
Snap verdicts
· shortest highly-rated reviews
- 9 “The art is excellent, and the plot feels fresh and innovative. There are no notable criticisms to report at this stage of the story. I highly recommend this manga to anyone looking for a great...”
- 10 “The art style is absolutely amazing and unique, complemented by a truly original and entertaining main character. While the plot follows a somewhat cliched, typical romance manga structure, the...”
- 9 “Hetakoi is a masterful seinen romance that excels through its deeply empathetic characters, beautiful art, and a powerful emotional journey that captures everything from jealousy to pure happiness....”
Verbosity
Short · 21%
Medium · 63%
Long · 16%
Read Order & Related
A self-contained story.
No sequels, spin-offs or alternate tellings — Hetakoi begins and ends here.
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A Manga Publication
- Format 61 × 10 ch × vol
- Total read 8h 08m approx
- Published Oct 2007 – Apr 2012
- Source Manga media type
- Ref. BS-M13983 catalog