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“Orphaned girl aided by secret benefactor achieves dream job, finds love, and helps a stranger through a computer message.”
Daddy Long Legs
키다리 아저씨
7.28
5,516 rank · 1,458 readers · 3 favorites
Shoujo
Drama
Romance
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Synopsis
Orphaned girl aided by secret benefactor achieves dream job, finds love, and helps a stranger through a computer message.
Left to the naive but good-hearted high school girl Cha Young-mi's own devices after the tragic loss of her parents, Young-mi is determined to overcome whatever hardships the future may bring in order to complete her education. Through the help of an invisible benefactor who pays for her tuition fees and other necessary expenses, Young-mi is able to finish her studies and is offered her dream job as program writer for a radio station. It is there that she meets and falls in love with her colleague Kim Joon-hoo. After Young-mi discovers a desperate message left behind by the former owner of her computer she decides to do something to help this heartbroken person… (Source: DVD Asia.com)
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Community consensus
Derived from 3 sampled reviews
9.0
/10
What 3 readers settled on.
100%
recommend
Score distribution
median 9
mode 8
σ 0.82
Agreement
Strong agreement
σ 0.82 · scores cluster tight
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Not enough recommend signal yet
Score over time
↓ 1.00
Running avg · Aug 2010 → Dec 2010
Snap verdicts
· shortest highly-rated reviews
- 9 “i fell in love with this manwha at first for the art, it took me a little while to get really excited to see the type of romance it is, and i promise you that if you like deep teary romance this is...”
- 10 “I have to say, I'm surprised no one has given this heart-warming manga a review. I came across this manga from boredom and I'm glad I did. The story starts with a girl finding out all her expenses...”
- 8 “Daddy Long Legs basically revolves around a young girl, Cha Young-Mi, who receives financial help from a man, whom she calls "Daddy Long Legs", for his long legs are the only thing she can...”
Verbosity
Short · 100%
Medium · 0%
Long · 0%
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A Manhwa Publication
- Format 14 × 2 ch × vol
- Total read 1h 52m approx
- Published Jan 2004 – Jan 2005
- Source Manhwa media type
- Ref. BS-M5390 catalog