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“Shy Karin falls for Kiriya, facing sabotage from jealous Yuka in their high school romance.”
Kare First Love
「彼」first love
7.52
3,132 rank · 17,303 readers · 364 favorites
Shoujo
School
Drama
Romance
Slice of Life
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Synopsis
Shy Karin falls for Kiriya, facing sabotage from jealous Yuka in their high school romance.
Coy and self-conscious high school student Karin Karino never paid much attention to boys until she met Kiriya, a popular student from a nearby boys' school. Karin and Kiriya embark on a romantic journey despite Karin's classmate Yuka's best efforts to sabotage their relationship, but Karin soon learns that living happily ever after isn't on the curriculum when she becomes Kiriya's center of attention, as well as embittered Yuka's bull's-eye on her dartboard of hate. (Source: VIZ Media) Included one-shot: Volume 10: Kiriya at 13 (Spring)
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Community consensus
Derived from 11 sampled reviews
7.0
/10
What 11 readers settled on.
78%
recommend
Score distribution
median 7
mode 7
σ 2.45
Agreement
Polarized
σ 2.45 · split reception
The polarity gap
5.6 pts
Recommenders 8.6 · others 3.0
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Score over time
↓ 2.00
Running avg · Sep 2007 → Apr 2023
Snap verdicts
· shortest highly-rated reviews
- 10 “This story was wonderful. it actually tells a story about true love and the hardships of it. i really enjoyed reading this story.”
- 9 “This was one of the manga's I read while in high school. I came back to it about 7 years later and enjoyed it just as much. It's a cute story and the fact that the relationship between the...”
- 9 “This manga may seem as though it's one of the typical makeover stories but it's not; sure enough, the protagonist wears glasses and turns out to be a really attractive girl, but issues such as...”
Verbosity
Short · 73%
Medium · 27%
Long · 0%
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A Manga Publication
- Format 58 × 10 ch × vol
- Total read 7h 44m approx
- Published Aug 2002 – Jan 2004
- Source Manga media type
- Ref. BS-M0647 catalog