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“Two former outcasts reinvent themselves as popular high-schoolers, but past insecurities and phobias still haunt them.”
Kusunoki's Flunking Her High School Glow-Up
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7.0
9,732 rank · 13,537 readers · 42 favorites
School
Romance
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Synopsis
Two former outcasts reinvent themselves as popular high-schoolers, but past insecurities and phobias still haunt them.
Keisuke Shizuki and Shizuka Kusunoki are taking high school by storm with their good looks, but they share a dark secret: they were both total outcasts in middle school! While Shizuki has succeeded in making himself over inside and out, clearing the slate of his past life, Kusunoki is still struggling to develop social skills to match her new appearance. She's eager for Shizuki's help, if only he could get over his phobia of pretty girls... (Source: Kodansha USA)
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Community consensus
Derived from 5 sampled reviews
6.8
/10
What 5 readers settled on.
100%
recommend
Score distribution
median 7
mode 7
σ 0.40
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Strong agreement
σ 0.40 · scores cluster tight
The polarity gap
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Not enough recommend signal yet
Score over time
↓ 0.20
Running avg · Aug 2023 → Mar 2026
Snap verdicts
· shortest highly-rated reviews
- 7 “7 out of 10, is my best to rating this manga but there's some point for me to give it more than 7 I can tell it's kinda reminding me to some normal rom-com that i used to see from the past; well,...”
- 7 “If you are looking for a light, casual and entertaining romance read, then this manga is for you. Although the story is generic and the characters are too, it has its moments where the characters...”
- 7 “7.4/10 This manga sort-of reminds me a little bit of “Masamune-kun’s Revenge” with the whole bullied and glow-up concept; though, I can’t really call it a carbon-copy of tropes due to it also being...”
Verbosity
Short · 40%
Medium · 40%
Long · 20%
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A Manga Publication
- Published Oct 2022 – ongoing
- Source Manga media type
- Ref. BS-M68171 catalog