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“Minami seeks her estranged father's identity with help from calligrapher Shouhei in a multi-genre coming-of-age mystery.”
Kodomo wa Wakatte Agenai
子供はわかってあげない
7.3
5,291 rank · 1,924 readers · 11 favorites
Seinen
School
Slice of Life
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Synopsis
Minami seeks her estranged father's identity with help from calligrapher Shouhei in a multi-genre coming-of-age mystery.
A narrative of self-discovery masquerading as a coming of age romance, a family composition drama, a procedural detective story, and a superpowered thriller. Sakuta Minami openly professes the many loves of her life: Matsumoto Leiji anime, her family, swimming, Magical Plastering Girl Buffalo Koteko, but the unanswered questions surrounding her mother's separation from her natural father have nagged her all her life. Moji Shouhei, an anime geek with prodigious talent for calligraphy, holds in his gifted hands both a physical key to the school roof of their high school as well as the figurative key to finally unraveling the mystery of Minami's father. (Source: MU)
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8.5
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100%
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Score distribution
median 8.5
mode 8
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- 9 “At the time of starting this manga, it had been almost two months since I had last read any as I was busy with college exams and whatnot. I got to know of this from a friend, and decided that 20...”
- 8 “Kodomo wa Wakatte Agenai is an oddly charming story that is part coming-of-age, part mystery, part drama, and part romance. How it brings up all these things into a single plotline is very...”
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A Manga Publication
- Format 20 × 2 ch × vol
- Total read 2h 40m approx
- Published Mar 2014 – Jul 2014
- Source Manga media type
- Ref. BS-M31500 catalog