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“Ex-delinquent queen Takebe starts dating her old rival Soramori after losing a fight and trying to go straight.”
Catch These Hands!
私の拳をうけとめて!
7.24
6,075 rank · 9,326 readers · 87 favorites
Comedy
Girls Love
Slice of Life
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Synopsis
Ex-delinquent queen Takebe starts dating her old rival Soramori after losing a fight and trying to go straight.
During her high school years, Takebe was the top dog at her school. But with her old friends now living as happy riajuu, Takebe was faced with an impending sense of crisis. Takebe thus resolved herself to quit delinquency, but the result of that was a fated meeting with her old rival, Soramori. Losing a fist-fight against Soramori, for some reason or other Takebe was now dating her. What kind of relationship did the two of them have back in high school? And would Takebe ever manage to graduate from delinquency...!? (Source: Kadokawa, translated)
What people say
Community consensus
Derived from 5 sampled reviews
7.2
/10
What 5 readers settled on.
80%
recommend
Score distribution
median 8
mode 9
σ 2.23
Agreement
Polarized
σ 2.23 · split reception
The polarity gap
5.3 pts
Recommenders 8.3 · others 3.0
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Score over time
↑ 0.20
Running avg · Aug 2020 → May 2026
Snap verdicts
· shortest highly-rated reviews
- 9 “First review ever so im gonna be quick: the low score is because this is a slow burn, not super slow, but some people cant deal with progress being slow regardless of how steady it is, and yeah,...”
- 7 “A cute story about two girls, who are now ex-rivals and end up in a relationship is not something you see often in manga. At least i havent until now, its a nice concept and it has a really...”
- 9 “A delightful little read and it was nice to finally read an LGBTQ+ romance that wasn't fetish-y asf. The main two girls are adorable in their own ways, Kirara being a very sweet and very gay panic...”
Verbosity
Short · 80%
Medium · 0%
Long · 20%
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A Manga Publication
- Format 23 × 4 ch × vol
- Total read 3h 04m approx
- Published Jan 2018 – Oct 2020
- Source Manga media type
- Ref. BS-M49232 catalog