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“Young manga fan becomes assistant to his idol, discovers she's a moe girl his age.”
Comic☆Studio
こみっく☆すたじお
7.23
6,227 rank · 6,474 readers · 56 favorites
Seinen
Otaku Culture
Comedy
Romance
Ecchi
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Synopsis
Young manga fan becomes assistant to his idol, discovers she's a moe girl his age.
20-year-old Aihara Minoru has come to Tokyo to make his dreams of becoming an action manga artist come true. To his amazement, he lands a job as a live-in assistant of his favorite mangaka, Takakura Kenji, who writes a popular fighting manga called "Ultimate Banchou." Upon arriving at his new workplace, however, he discovers that his idol is not the tough guy he'd always imagined. The truth is, Takakura Kenji is the pen name of Sekai Ichiko, a girl his age who is basically a moe character (she looks and acts like a little kid). After Aihara's obvious disappointment starts them off on the wrong foot, it's going to be tough for him to prove to her that he has what it takes to be a manga artist! (Source: MangaHelpers)
What people say
Community consensus
Derived from 6 sampled reviews
7.7
/10
What 6 readers settled on.
100%
recommend
Score distribution
median 7.5
mode 7
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
↑ 1.67
Running avg · Feb 2014 → Apr 2023
Snap verdicts
· shortest highly-rated reviews
- 10 “if you like funny story, tsundere moe character, plain male mc, ecchi but not harem, and lighthearted yet still have progress romance on it's story, then this manga is perfect for you. aihara...”
- 8 “A sweet romantic story about a mangaka-wannabe and his job at a small studio. PROS - It's a light-hearted funny and romantic type of manga - Relationship starts early in the manga and ACTUALLY...”
- 7 “The basic plot is fairly familiar: young man wants to become a mangaka, takes a job working for his favorite artist who turns out to be a young woman, they fall in love. And along the way, there...”
Verbosity
Short · 33%
Medium · 33%
Long · 33%
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A Manga Publication
- Format 26 × 4 ch × vol
- Total read 3h 28m approx
- Published Feb 2010 – Apr 2012
- Source Manga media type
- Ref. BS-M18575 catalog