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“Childhood friend Sou returns from America, kisses Ai forcefully, and vows to make her his despite their age gap.”
Kareshi Toshishitakei
彼氏年下系。
6.96
10,301 rank · 4,452 readers · 5 favorites
Shoujo
School
Romance
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Synopsis
Childhood friend Sou returns from America, kisses Ai forcefully, and vows to make her his despite their age gap.
Her childhood friend, Sou, returns from America for the first time in 5 years. Ai is really happy to see that he has become very angelic looking in the time that they've been apart. However, one day he says, "I will definitely make Ai mine", and forcibly kisses her! To get treated like that by someone three years younger than her and who she's always treated as a younger brother takes Ai by surprise. It would definitely make Ai's heart skip a beat, wouldn't it?! (Soure: Midnight Scans) Included one-shots: Gyakuten Barentain, Kimi ga Hajimete
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Community consensus
Derived from 2 sampled reviews
4.0
/10
What 2 readers settled on.
50%
recommend
Score distribution
median 4
mode 1
σ 3.00
Agreement
Polarized
σ 3.00 · split reception
The polarity gap
6.0 pts
Recommenders 7.0 · others 1.0
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Score over time
↑ 3.00
Running avg · Oct 2015 → Jul 2016
Snap verdicts
· shortest highly-rated reviews
- 7 “The art is visually appealing with easily recognizable character designs, and the first one-shot offers a refreshing take on romance with a younger male lead. However, the collection suffers from...”
- 1 “The art is passable and follows a standard style, showing slight improvement by the final chapter. However, the story is an incomprehensible, cliché mess, and the characters are shallow, unlikable,...”
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A Manga Publication
- Format 5 × 1 ch × vol
- Total read 0h 40m approx
- Published Jan 2009 – ongoing
- Source Manga media type
- Ref. BS-M13789 catalog