“Plain girl Mari gets confessed to by popular boy, but her family's secret complicates things.”
Tokimeki no Ikenie
ときめきのいけにえ
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Plain girl Mari gets confessed to by popular boy, but her family's secret complicates things.
"Is this a dream? Or a miracle?" A plain and inconspicuous girl, Mari Jingyouji, was confessed to by Shigeru Hanamizuki, the most popular boy in the class, after she saved him from dying in a car accident. But there is a reason why Mari is not happy with this. That's because, her family are all "○○○"... (Source: Kodansha, translated)
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A Manga Publication
- Format 18 × 3 ch × vol
- Total read 2h 24m approx
- Published Jan 2020 – Sep 2021
- Source Manga media type
- Ref. BS-M53283 catalog