“Serious student Hinana falls for secretly perverted actor Kaede in a whirlwind fairy-tale romance.”
Kiss Me at the Stroke of Midnight
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Synopsis
Serious student Hinana falls for secretly perverted actor Kaede in a whirlwind fairy-tale romance.
With excellent grades and a diligent attitude, Hinana Hanazawa presents herself as a serious and sensible girl. Little do her classmates know, she dreams of a fairy-tale romance, with a dashing prince to sweep her off her feet. While her head may be in the clouds at times, she is well aware that the likelihood of this fantasy becoming reality is next to none. Just like in a storybook, however, Hinana's prince charming does arrive; Kaede Ayase, a wildly popular actor and model, comes to her school to shoot his next big feature film. Kaede is also putting on a front for the public—while polite and considerate around most, privately he is much more laidback and has a secret butt fetish. After meeting, the two feel an instant connection, and eventually they begin seeing each other more often. Faced with media scrutiny, old flames, and past regrets, can a hopeless romantic and a somewhat perverted superstar keep their love alive?
What people say
Community consensus
Derived from 4 sampled reviews
What 4 readers settled on.
Strong agreement
σ 0.83 · scores cluster tight
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Not enough recommend signal yet
↓ 0.75
Running avg · Dec 2018 → Dec 2022
- 9 “this was so sweet! absolutely adored it. I was a little nervous about the male lead at first, but as you get into his character he quickly became one of my favorites. he is good natured, clearly...”
- 7 “Overall a typical but still quite solid shoujo manga. Not overly clichee, but nothing really new either. If you like shoujo, and early romance, give it a try. Story; Well, the main plot really...”
- 8 “well, this is my first romance manga's review and tbh i personally didn't think i'd like this when i first read it because i wasn't a fan of Mikimoto-sensei's previous works and i thought i would...”
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A Manga Publication
- Format 50 × 12 ch × vol
- Total read 6h 40m approx
- Published Apr 2015 – Jul 2020
- Source Manga media type
- Ref. BS-M34202 catalog