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“Haruna seeks love advice from popular You, who warns her not to fall for him.”
High School Debut
高校デビュー
8.08
696 rank · 69,290 readers · 2,226 favorites
Shoujo
School
Comedy
Romance
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Synopsis
Haruna seeks love advice from popular You, who warns her not to fall for him.
While in middle school, Haruna Nagashima threw herself into playing softball while secretly dreaming of finding romance, but without any luck. High school has just started for her, and she now has the perfect chance to fall in love with a potential boyfriend. But there's one problem—she has no idea where to begin! On her first day of school, she accidentally bumps into You Komiyama, the most popular boy in the year. With his stunning looks, Haruna is positive he can help. The handsome boy reluctantly agrees to coach her about love under one condition: she must not fall in love with him. Under You's guidance, will Haruna be able to kick off her high school debut and find herself a boyfriend?
What people say
Community consensus
Derived from 55 sampled reviews
8.8
/10
What 55 readers settled on.
98%
recommend
Score distribution
median 9
mode 10
σ 1.55
Agreement
Mostly aligned
σ 1.55 · some divergence
The polarity gap
7.3 pts
Recommenders 9.3 · others 2.0
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Score over time
↓ 0.20
Running avg · Sep 2007 → Oct 2025
Snap verdicts
· shortest highly-rated reviews
- 10 “This is one of my favorite mangas! It is so cute, and sweet and it has the perfect touch of drama. The characters are so amazing and real-to-life. All, I can tell you is that if you like shoujo...”
- 10 “I just finished reading High School Debut/Koukou Debut and I loved every part of it! It made me have so many emotions and I just loved it. It’s such a cute manga, nice plot line, and great...”
- 10 “I absolutely love this manga!!! I couldn't help but fall in love with the budding romance between popular yet shy Yoh and dense but very sweet and passionate Haruna. It's full of comedy, love,...”
Verbosity
Short · 51%
Medium · 40%
Long · 9%
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A Manga Publication
- Format 62 × 15 ch × vol
- Total read 8h 16m approx
- Published Aug 2003 – May 2013
- Source Manga media type
- Ref. BS-M0565 catalog