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“Transfer student Riri makes delinquent Atsuko say cute things, causing unexpected flustered feelings and potential romance.”
The Delinquent and the Transfer Student
スケバンと転校生
7.71
1,854 rank · 3,995 readers · 23 favorites
School
Comedy
Girls Love
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Synopsis
Transfer student Riri makes delinquent Atsuko say cute things, causing unexpected flustered feelings and potential romance.
Riri is a transfer student with a unique fascination—she wants the school delinquent, Atsuko, to say adorable things! Despite her fearful reputation, Atsuko goes along with it, thinking Riri is just a harmless weirdo. However, she soon finds herself getting increasingly flustered every time she reads one of Riri's lists of cute words. And she's not the only one whose heart races after each interaction! Will this game bring them closer together and lead to an entirely new relationship? (Source: Seven Seas Entertainment)
What people say
Community consensus
Derived from 3 sampled reviews
8.0
/10
What 3 readers settled on.
100%
recommend
Score distribution
median 9
mode 5
σ 2.16
Agreement
Polarized
σ 2.16 · split reception
The polarity gap
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Not enough recommend signal yet
Score over time
↑ 3.00
Running avg · Jan 2026 → Apr 2026
Snap verdicts
· shortest highly-rated reviews
- 10 “This is my favorite manga for all time. I don't know what's about it--maybe it's my propensity for Akina Nakamori and other 80s things, like the Yakuza 0 game... but it pulled me out from a long...”
- 9 “Sukeban to Tenkousei is a manga truly beautiful in its simplicity. Despite the short length, it offers a rather diverse range of emotions and moments from the lives of the two leads. It's openly...”
- 5 “It's OK. Not great. Not even really good. It's very edible slop. It's a silly, over-the-top delinquent/transfer student slice of life romcom. Flimsy premise, very basic formula that it never really...”
Verbosity
Short · 33%
Medium · 33%
Long · 33%
Read Order & Related
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A Manga Publication
- Format 23 × 3 ch × vol
- Total read 3h 04m approx
- Published Oct 2021 – Oct 2024
- Source Manga media type
- Ref. BS-M61872 catalog