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“Step-siblings' bond shatters when best friend confesses love, forcing Otome to choose.”
Cherry Juice
チェリージュース
7.21
6,668 rank · 11,489 readers · 114 favorites
Shoujo
School
Comedy
Romance
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Synopsis
Step-siblings' bond shatters when best friend confesses love, forcing Otome to choose.
In this awkward love-triangle between two step- siblings, -Otome and Minami- and a best friend, Amane, the three are trapped in a web of love. After getting along for five years, Otome and Minami's peaceful relationship takes a turn in the wrong direction when Amane confesses his love to Otome. What will Otome do? (Source: TokyoPop)
What people say
Community consensus
Derived from 3 sampled reviews
6.7
/10
What 3 readers settled on.
67%
recommend
Score distribution
median 8
mode 3
σ 2.62
Agreement
Polarized
σ 2.62 · split reception
The polarity gap
5.5 pts
Recommenders 8.5 · others 3.0
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Score over time
↓ 2.33
Running avg · Dec 2008 → Jun 2021
Snap verdicts
· shortest highly-rated reviews
- 8 “HI! Barbie herethat are teenagers; oh the teenage love, so short but so lovely!, this have my permission and it's a safe manga for girls!!! <3”
- 9 “And I never wrote a review on this... why? I have no idea! What's wrong with me? I love Haruka Fukushima! Anyways. I own all four of these volumes and love them to bits! For starters, Cherry...”
- 3 “I don't see why people enjoyed this manga. It wasn't that good. Its kind of like... This manga... Had a nice start. You know the manga thats so gay and corny but you find yourself reading and...”
Verbosity
Short · 67%
Medium · 33%
Long · 0%
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A Manga Publication
- Format 21 × 4 ch × vol
- Total read 2h 48m approx
- Published Jun 2004 – Mar 2006
- Source Manga media type
- Ref. BS-M0161 catalog