“Invisible girl Kao manages volleyball club, discovers lonely Kuze's secret practice, sparking their blue days together.”
I Fell in Love After School
放課後、恋した。
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Synopsis
Invisible girl Kao manages volleyball club, discovers lonely Kuze's secret practice, sparking their blue days together.
Hayama Kao yearns for an existence that would make people notice her. Even in her final year of middle school when she confessed to the boy she liked for three years, he couldn't even recall her name. Now in high school, she is working as a temporary manager of her school's boys volleyball club against her will. Kao's older brother, an alumnus, currently a teacher and the advisor of the club, placed the responsibility on her shoulders to recruit Kuze Nagisa for the volleyball club if she wanted to quit being the manager. Even though silently observing someone as dazzling as Kiryuu in the club is the only redeeming thing about being the manger, Kao's body aches. She is at her limit and wants to quit being the manager. But no matter how much effort she puts on recruiting Kuze she simply cannot convince him to join. Then one day, she notices something that took her breath away. It was bluer than the sky, even bluer than the sea; it was Kuze Nagisa practicing volleyball all on his own. The blue days start from here!
What people say
Community consensus
Derived from 5 sampled reviews
What 5 readers settled on.
Mostly aligned
σ 1.79 · some divergence
4.3 pts
Recommenders 8.3 · others 4.0
↓ 2.00
Running avg · Oct 2018 → Jun 2023
- 8 “I was going to just give it a 7 bc it's good, I liked, there's nothing terrible wrong but then... oh my God [SPOILERS] yo, the author at least gave the Love Rival guy a second chance to kinda have...”
- 8 “Very light-reading, feel-good manga. It's got a good mix of drama and seriousness, lots of comedy, and a surprising range of deep emotions. I will say that the beginning is a bit slow and...”
- 9 “Story: The story of Houkago, Koishita, might seem a bit too regular at first. And yes, it's pretty much like all the shoujo romances, but somehow this one had something so eye-catching, that I just...”
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A Manga Publication
- Format 33 × 8 ch × vol
- Total read 4h 24m approx
- Published Jan 2017 – Apr 2020
- Source Manga media type
- Ref. BS-M44465 catalog