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“Romantic comedy about high school boy Gen and older girl Chion living at his family's countryside temple.”
Neko no Otera no Chion-san
猫のお寺の知恩さん
7.68
2,038 rank · 14,421 readers · 168 favorites
Seinen
Slice of Life
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Synopsis
Romantic comedy about high school boy Gen and older girl Chion living at his family's countryside temple.
Neko no Otera no Chion-san is a romantic comedy about a high school boy named Gen and an older girl, Chion, who is living at his family's temple in the countryside. (Source: ANN)
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Derived from 8 sampled reviews
8.5
/10
What 8 readers settled on.
100%
recommend
Score distribution
median 8.5
mode 8
σ 0.87
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σ 0.87 · scores cluster tight
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Not enough recommend signal yet
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Running avg · Dec 2018 → Aug 2025
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· shortest highly-rated reviews
- 9 “I am not the one to usually write reviews but since it's a slice of life manga and such manga's usually passes under people's radar, I thought, I had to write this. It's a really beautiful stroy...”
- 8 “I know this is a bit prudent but i really enjoyed this read. If you are a fan of good slice of life paired with fantastic art then this is a must read, its barely trudging along, there isnt even a...”
- 7 “This feels very reminiscent of the author's previous work, Fujiyama-san wa Shishunki, in a sense that it provides a really strong slice of life feeling but with the added bonus of buddhist culture....”
Verbosity
Short · 38%
Medium · 50%
Long · 13%
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A Manga Publication
- Format 79 × 9 ch × vol
- Total read 10h 32m approx
- Published May 2016 – Oct 2018
- Source Manga media type
- Ref. BS-M41575 catalog