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“Disrespected career woman Sumire takes in a street boy; opposites complement each other in building an ordinary life.”
Tramps Like Us
きみはペット
8.05
836 rank · 24,441 readers · 615 favorites
Josei
Award Winning
Comedy
Drama
Romance
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Synopsis
Disrespected career woman Sumire takes in a street boy; opposites complement each other in building an ordinary life.
Fed-up with a life of being under-appreciated and disrespected, Sumire Iwaya decides to change things when she picks up a young boy off the street and brings him into her house. Despite being total opposites, the two seem to complement one another as they try to carve out an ordinary life for themselves. (Source: TokyoPop)
What people say
Community consensus
Derived from 15 sampled reviews
9.1
/10
What 15 readers settled on.
100%
recommend
Score distribution
median 9
mode 9
σ 1.06
Agreement
Strong agreement
σ 1.06 · scores cluster tight
The polarity gap
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Not enough recommend signal yet
Score over time
↓ 0.93
Running avg · Feb 2009 → Jan 2026
Snap verdicts
· shortest highly-rated reviews
- 10 “this is a MUST-READ for anyone who loves Romance stories that are not-too-cliched-and-overly-dramatic. one of the greatest manga I've read so far :) it has a cute story which can be applied in real...”
- 10 “This was a really enjoyable story. The main character's strength and determination is endearing. The development of the characters was complex and flowed nicely. There was quite a bit of humor...”
- 9 “This was my first Josei manga, and it was quite the kick starter! Coming from not so realistic romances, I found the way the romance in this a bit frustrating, but it is realistic. I wish it was...”
Verbosity
Short · 47%
Medium · 33%
Long · 20%
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A Manga Publication
- Format 82 × 14 ch × vol
- Total read 10h 56m approx
- Published May 2000 – Oct 2005
- Source Manga media type
- Ref. BS-M0381 catalog