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“Best friend Kazushi confesses love to Haru, who rejects him, but Kazushi keeps pursuing with stolen kisses.”
Kissing
kissing キッシング
7.16
1,729 readers · 3 favorites
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Erotica
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Synopsis
Best friend Kazushi confesses love to Haru, who rejects him, but Kazushi keeps pursuing with stolen kisses.
"The person I love is you, Haru!" Haru is shocked by the sudden confession from his best friend Kazushi and the passionate kiss that follows! However, he can't bring himself to see the perfect and widely admired Kazushi as anything more than a friend. Determined to win Haru's admiration and love, Kazushi steals a kiss every chance he can get. How long can Haru ward off his increasingly strong and bold advances? (Source: DMP)
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Derived from 3 sampled reviews
6.7
/10
What 3 readers settled on.
100%
recommend
Score distribution
median 7
mode 5
σ 1.25
Agreement
Mostly aligned
σ 1.25 · some divergence
The polarity gap
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Not enough recommend signal yet
Score over time
↓ 1.33
Running avg · May 2010 → Oct 2019
Snap verdicts
· shortest highly-rated reviews
- 8 “Reluctant at first, then realizes he is in love. classic yaoi story! Iit is still a nice read! artwork is clear and easy to understand. It has some mice kissing scenes in it. It also has some funny...”
- 7 “For such a quick read and a common plot, this is really well done. The emotions run high without feeling forced or cliché, and the characters feel more genuine than the usual tropes you see in...”
- 5 “This series can easily be summed up in one word: Average. The story is the standard set up of two characters being long time friends and one has fallen for the other. It doesn't make any effort to...”
Verbosity
Short · 67%
Medium · 0%
Long · 33%
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A Manga Publication
- Format 5 × 1 ch × vol
- Total read 0h 40m approx
- Published May 2004 – ongoing
- Source Manga media type
- Ref. BS-M0271 catalog