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“Lazy Tanaka seeks ultimate peace and naps, aided by loyal friend Oota against daily annoyances.”
Tanaka-kun Is Always Listless
田中くんはいつもけだるげ
8.05
746 rank · 31,016 readers · 756 favorites
Iyashikei
School
Slice of Life
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Synopsis
Lazy Tanaka seeks ultimate peace and naps, aided by loyal friend Oota against daily annoyances.
If there is one thing that Tanaka wants more than anything, it is a quiet, uneventful day. With the help of his caring and reliable best friend Oota, as well as various other classmates, Tanaka strives to spend his high school days in the most peaceful way possible. Whether it be sleeping in the perfect spot at school or idly staring out of a window, his friends can count on finding him trying to live life as listlessly as possible. With the constant threat of everyday annoyances surrounding him, Tanaka uses every chance he has to avoid high-energy situations and just lie down for a good nap.
What people say
Community consensus
Derived from 6 sampled reviews
8.2
/10
What 6 readers settled on.
100%
recommend
Score distribution
median 8
mode 8
σ 1.46
Agreement
Mostly aligned
σ 1.46 · some divergence
The polarity gap
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Not enough recommend signal yet
Score over time
↓ 1.83
Running avg · Jan 2016 → Apr 2023
Snap verdicts
· shortest highly-rated reviews
- 7 “To be honest, i love this series, read it when i had nothing to do, and sometimes laugh, but to be honest, i expect more from the heroine that maybe do "kokuhaku" to the hero, but anyways, i thanks...”
- 8 “Tanaka-kun is a manga that brings a smile to my face every time i read a character, because of the problems it usually show, they are not really a big deal and its about students living a day by...”
- 10 “I love this manga. There really is no story, it's just an episodic slice of life. Despite the fact that there is no goal for the entire series, it somehow keeps the reader interested at all times....”
Verbosity
Short · 33%
Medium · 50%
Long · 17%
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A Manga Publication
- Format 145 × 13 ch × vol
- Total read 19h 20m approx
- Published Jul 2013 – Jul 2019
- Source Manga media type
- Ref. BS-M24260 catalog