“Manipulative high-schooler Chizuru falls for shy transfer student Azumi, her first love—another girl—after denial and self-discovery.”
Hen
HEN
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Synopsis
Manipulative high-schooler Chizuru falls for shy transfer student Azumi, her first love—another girl—after denial and self-discovery.
Chizuru Yoshida is not your typical high schooler and she's all too aware of it! She has a talent with getting what she wants from her male lovers and often comes across as cold and manipulative... In truth, despite her experiences with guys, she has never been in love. That's until the fateful arrival of newly-transferred student, Azumi Yamada, at her school. It was love at first sight for Chizuru—indeed an unexpected turn of events for the story's vixen! Not only was she in love but with all things another girl. Chizuru goes through a brief stage of anger and denial and tries to convince herself that she couldn't possibly be attracted to such a simple-looking, shy, and naive girl! To her despair she finds herself constantly thinking of Azumi, so she finally resolves to become friends with her, but it's not too long when she starts to push things along with Azumi... (Source: Manga Project)
What people say
Community consensus
Derived from 6 sampled reviews
What 6 readers settled on.
Polarized
σ 2.58 · split reception
6.3 pts
Recommenders 8.3 · others 2.0
↓ 1.00
Running avg · Feb 2008 → Aug 2025
- 9 “The strong point of Hen is the surprise that the main character has when she falls in love with another girl. You get a sense for how her mind works and the stops and starts it goes through as her...”
- 9 “I'm not the type that gives review but upon seeing the current rating of this kinda forced me to write this review. Hen is one of many under-rated yuri genre manga. Reading this decades after it...”
- 7 “This is such a difficult series to review because there are so many things that make it unappealing, and yet I still like it. On the one hand, I know its trashy reading, and on the other, it's just...”
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A Manga Publication
- Format 94 × 8 ch × vol
- Total read 12h 32m approx
- Published Jan 1995 – Jan 1997
- Source Manga media type
- Ref. BS-M2571 catalog