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“Former popular girl Akina befriends otaku Kaede by faking Precure fandom to transform her into a social butterfly.”
Shinozaki-san Ki wo Ota Shika ni!
篠崎さん気をオタしかに！
7.42
3,978 rank · 8,119 readers · 132 favorites
School
Comedy
Girls Love
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Synopsis
Former popular girl Akina befriends otaku Kaede by faking Precure fandom to transform her into a social butterfly.
With her beautiful looks and outgoing personality, Akina Shinozaki used to be the leader of a group of hotties on the top of a class hierarchy. After her high school debut was delayed, however, she finds herself isolated in the class. Next to Akina sits Kaede Sasamura, an otaku girl who can turn into a bishoujo with her glasses off. Akina decides to get Kaede out of the otaku life and groom her for a perfect high school life, but the only way to get close to Kaede is for Akina to pretend to be a Precure otaku herself to her chagrin... (Source: Batoto)
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Community consensus
Derived from 4 sampled reviews
7.0
/10
What 4 readers settled on.
100%
recommend
Score distribution
median 7
mode 5
σ 1.58
Agreement
Mostly aligned
σ 1.58 · some divergence
The polarity gap
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Not enough recommend signal yet
Score over time
↓ 1.00
Running avg · Apr 2016 → Aug 2025
Snap verdicts
· shortest highly-rated reviews
- 9 “I thoroughly enjoyed this manga for its cute art style and the consistently funny comedy sketches centered around the otaku lifestyle. While the lack of character progression is intentional for...”
- 8 “This manga is a super sweet and cute shoujo ai story featuring great art and a unique, engaging premise about a fashionable girl falling for the otaku she tries to change. However, the inclusion of...”
- 6 “I enjoyed the positive portrayal of otaku culture, the consistent cutesy art style, and the engaging character interactions. However, Akina’s hypocritical internal dialogue became frustrating, and...”
Verbosity
Short · 75%
Medium · 25%
Long · 0%
Read Order & Related
A self-contained story.
No sequels, spin-offs or alternate tellings — Shinozaki-san Ki wo Ota Shika ni! begins and ends here.
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A Manga Publication
- Format 48 × 9 ch × vol
- Total read 6h 24m approx
- Published Jun 2012 – Jun 2017
- Source Manga media type
- Ref. BS-M23191 catalog