“Heartbroken stalker Tsubasa becomes basketball manager, meets new love interest Aki after rejection by upperclassman.”
Tsubasa to Hotaru
つばさとホタル
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Synopsis
Heartbroken stalker Tsubasa becomes basketball manager, meets new love interest Aki after rejection by upperclassman.
Tsubasa to Hotaru follows 15-year-old Tsubasa Sonokawa, a young student—and a renowned stalker? After one very romantic gesture by a popular upperclassman, she falls head over heels for who she believes to be her one true love. Unfortunately, love can be deceiving, as her feelings are soon proven to be one-sided; the upperclassman directly tells her that she's annoying and that she needs to stop bothering him. How's that for some tough love? Shortly after this horrific heartbreak, her good friend Yuri suffers from a sprained wrist, making it impossible for her to continue her position as the basketball team's manager. After some coaxing on Yuri's part, Tsubasa decides to take on the role in her place. This may be the perfect opportunity for Tsubasa to move on and forget about her unrequited love. On Tsubasa's first day as a manager, the team's shooting guard Aki Hidaka saves her from being hit by a ball. Is this another fateful encounter? Or just a random, meaningless event? One thing is for certain: Tsubasa's days will never be the same again. Included one-shot: Volume 1: Stardust★Wink Bangai-hen: Sekai de Ichiban Semai Hoshi
What people say
Community consensus
Derived from 5 sampled reviews
What 5 readers settled on.
Mostly aligned
σ 1.17 · some divergence
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Not enough recommend signal yet
↓ 1.80
Running avg · Aug 2015 → Aug 2020
- 9 “(Excuse my English) I really did enjoy this manga. At first I thought it was about a girl who builds a friendship with the whole basketball team but I then I figure out that's not the point of the...”
- 8 “Review written after chapter 20. Minor spoilers. This has been one of my favourite romance manga ever since I've started it. I think the characters are really likeable, and feel pretty real to me....”
- 7 “When I first started reading this manga two years ago, I dropped it on the 9th chapter ( I don't remember why tho) But I finally finished it now FIRST THINGS FIRST Let me talk about AKI. aki at...”
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A Manga Publication
- Format 55 × 11 ch × vol
- Total read 7h 20m approx
- Published Aug 2013 – Nov 2017
- Source Manga media type
- Ref. BS-M25691 catalog