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“High-schooler Kousuke discovers his stoic crush Meguru lives next door and hides her true, friendly personality from classmates.”
Higashi no Kurume to Tonari no Meguru
東のくるめと隣のめぐる
6.75
14,030 rank · 5,722 readers · 14 favorites
School
Romance
Slice of Life
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Synopsis
High-schooler Kousuke discovers his stoic crush Meguru lives next door and hides her true, friendly personality from classmates.
Kousuke has a boring high-school life, but he sits next to his crush—the really popular, cute Tsukahara Meguru, who has a cool, stoic personality. One day, his parents announce that they're moving, but that he'll still be able to attend the same school. The new apartment building has a lovely river and friendly neighbors... and it is next door to where Tsukahara lives! Outside of school, she seems to have a completely different personality, friendly and a little quirky. She makes him promise not to tell the others at school how she acts at home, but why does she put on such an act for her classmates? (Source: MangaHelpers)
What people say
Community consensus
Derived from 4 sampled reviews
6.5
/10
What 4 readers settled on.
67%
recommend
Score distribution
median 6.5
mode 4
σ 1.80
Agreement
Polarized
σ 1.80 · split reception
The polarity gap
4.0 pts
Recommenders 8.0 · others 4.0
Yes
No
Score over time
↑ 0.50
Running avg · Oct 2016 → Oct 2018
Snap verdicts
· shortest highly-rated reviews
- 9 “This series isn't for everyone. If you're looking for some deep story progression, interesting plot twists, or drama, this is not for you. BUT, if you're just looking for a nice, standard romance...”
- 7 “This manga is a ridiculously standard romcom. Every single event that happens is pretty by the book and something that if you have any familiarity with the genre you’ve probably already seen quite...”
- 4 “Cliche and predictable from the very first chapter... I honestly felt like things were being rushed too quickly throughout the manga and it was honestly kind of sadden to build up to that...”
Verbosity
Short · 25%
Medium · 50%
Long · 25%
Read Order & Related
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A Manga Publication
- Format 26 ch ch × vol
- Total read 3h 28m approx
- Published Jul 2014 – Jan 2016
- Source Manga media type
- Ref. BS-M36861 catalog