“Feminine boy, traumatized by women, is "rehabilitated" by misandrist aunt via Genji-style seduction training.”
Minamoto-kun Monogatari
源君物語
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Synopsis
Feminine boy, traumatized by women, is "rehabilitated" by misandrist aunt via Genji-style seduction training.
In his middle school years, the feminine-looking Terumi Minamoto was bullied by his female classmates after the most popular boy in the class declared Terumi to be the prettiest "girl" of them all. Living with a fear of women ever since, he seeks to change himself as he enters college. However, his father puts a wrench in his plans when he brings a pregnant woman home, announcing her to be Terumi's new mother. To accommodate her in their small apartment, Terumi is sent to live with his aunt, who is coincidentally an associate professor at his new college. On his first day, Terumi finds out that his aunt, Kaoruko Fujiwara, is a voluptuous beauty known to hate men. As a professor, her main research is on the classic work The Tale of Genji. After a more personal introduction, Kaoruko works out that Terumi has suffered greatly because of his looks. Sensing an opportunity to gain a deeper understanding of her research, she offers to help him—starting with his fear of women. But when her methods include being "raised" into the perfect lover like Genji who had sex with 14 women, will he truly be cured by the end of his very own "Tale of Minamoto?"
What people say
Community consensus
Derived from 20 sampled reviews
What 20 readers settled on.
Mostly aligned
σ 1.68 · some divergence
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Not enough recommend signal yet
↓ 0.30
Running avg · Oct 2011 → Feb 2026
- 10 “This is one of the greatest stories I've read in a long time. At first I thought it was going to be some kind of weird love triangle, but I was wrong and the story pulled me in deep. The only...”
- 8 “TO be fair , I am writing this more as a heads up notification more than a detailed review. This manga is obviously not for children,both in content and form.That said,It does have the makings of a...”
- 9 “This manga is really good at portraying human relationships in my opinion, and the character development is superb. The protagonist going from a wimp to an absolute chad, but i love how the...”
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A Manga Publication
- Format 360 × 16 ch × vol
- Total read 48h 00m approx
- Published Sep 2011 – Sep 2019
- Source Manga media type
- Ref. BS-M17216 catalog