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“Shiki, disguised as a boy, infiltrates a school to seek revenge while befriending four wealthy, popular guys.”
Love Sick
ラブシック
7.23
6,217 rank · 4,140 readers · 10 favorites
Shoujo
Crossdressing
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Synopsis
Shiki, disguised as a boy, infiltrates a school to seek revenge while befriending four wealthy, popular guys.
Shiki threw everything away for the sake of revenge. But at the new school where she disguises herself as a male, she meets 4 popular rich guys... Haru (spring) the prince, Natsu (summer) the bishounen, Aki (autumn) the womanizer and Fuyu (winter) the cold-hearted genius. What awaits Shiki? And will she get her revenge...? (Source: Houkago Scanlations)
What people say
Community consensus
Derived from 2 sampled reviews
7.0
/10
What 2 readers settled on.
50%
recommend
Score distribution
median 7
mode 4
σ 3.00
Agreement
Polarized
σ 3.00 · split reception
The polarity gap
6.0 pts
Recommenders 10.0 · others 4.0
Yes
No
Score over time
↓ 3.00
Running avg · Dec 2013 → Mar 2019
Snap verdicts
· shortest highly-rated reviews
- 10 “Love Sick stands out with its wonderful art, a strong and capable heroine, and a refreshing, revenge-driven premise that subverts typical harem tropes. While the narrative pacing feels slightly...”
- 4 “The art is the only redeeming quality of this manga, standing out as the sole aspect I actually enjoyed. Unfortunately, the story is an incredibly cliched soap opera filled with predictable shoujo...”
Verbosity
Short · 0%
Medium · 100%
Long · 0%
Read Order & Related
A self-contained story.
No sequels, spin-offs or alternate tellings — Love Sick begins and ends here.
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A Manga Publication
- Format 18 × 3 ch × vol
- Total read 2h 24m approx
- Published Sep 2008 – Oct 2009
- Source Manga media type
- Ref. BS-M9058 catalog