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“Ran dreams of fairy-tale prince; childhood friend Ukyo returns, struggles to confess love through teasing.”
Shounen Shoujo Romance
少年少女ロマンス
6.12
21,141 rank · 1,298 readers · 2 favorites
Shoujo
Comedy
Drama
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Synopsis
Ran dreams of fairy-tale prince; childhood friend Ukyo returns, struggles to confess love through teasing.
Ran's dream is to meet a prince, one of those you see in fairy tales. After several years Ukyo is back... to become her prince? With Ran living in her own fairy tale world and Ukyo not able to express his feelings and thus bullying her, how will this couple work?
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Community consensus
Derived from 4 sampled reviews
5.0
/10
What 4 readers settled on.
50%
recommend
Score distribution
median 5
mode 5
σ 1.41
Agreement
Mostly aligned
σ 1.41 · some divergence
The polarity gap
4.0 pts
Recommenders 7.0 · others 3.0
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Score over time
↓ 2.00
Running avg · Jun 2013 → Jun 2020
Snap verdicts
· shortest highly-rated reviews
- 7 “The story is pretty different from all the shoujos I have ever read, although, still remains the same as those classic shoujo. Although the some may think the artwork is 'meh', I still like this...”
- 5 “Plot is kind of unexpected, so i will recommend this for fans od heartbreaking moments. Art is simpy awful. Messy, ugly. Characters looks bad, and its really hard to enjoy it. But plot is better....”
- 3 “Very bizarre. It's almost better to read it as if the main characters were trapped in a shoujo romcom and forced to act out the various cliches of the genre. The two leads are so trapped in their...”
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Medium · 50%
Long · 0%
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A Manga Publication
- Format 12 × 3 ch × vol
- Total read 1h 36m approx
- Published Jan 2002 – ongoing
- Source Manga media type
- Ref. BS-M3758 catalog