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“Kanoko joins high school, becomes "Strategist" for Cultural Affairs, and joins Newspaper Club after frequent school transfers.”
Koi dano Ai dano
恋だの愛だの
8.08
684 rank · 12,914 readers · 224 favorites
Shoujo
School
Comedy
Romance
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Synopsis
Kanoko joins high school, becomes "Strategist" for Cultural Affairs, and joins Newspaper Club after frequent school transfers.
Aside from being transferred from school to school during her middle school years, Kanoko has entered Takara no Tani High School with Tsubaki. For some reason, she becomes the "Strategist" for Cultural Affairs Department in reference to the Three Kingdoms and ends up joining the Newspaper Club... (Source: Chibi Manga) Included one-shot: Volume 10: Futsuu Hyakkei
What people say
Community consensus
Derived from 6 sampled reviews
9.2
/10
What 6 readers settled on.
100%
recommend
Score distribution
median 9
mode 9
σ 0.69
Agreement
Strong agreement
σ 0.69 · scores cluster tight
The polarity gap
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Not enough recommend signal yet
Score over time
↑ 0.17
Running avg · Sep 2011 → Jul 2025
Snap verdicts
· shortest highly-rated reviews
- 8 “I really enjoy the unique, calculating nature of Kanoko and the engaging school-based club battles. However, Kanoko’s extreme obliviousness to Tsubaki’s obvious romantic advances can be a bit...”
- 10 “This manga masterfully balances a comedic, exaggerated high school setting with profound themes, complemented by improved art and deeply realistic character dynamics. There are no notable flaws to...”
- 9 “This manga excels by masterfully connecting to its prequel and subverting standard shoujo tropes through a strong, independent female lead who refuses to undergo a cliché "ugly duckling"...”
Verbosity
Short · 17%
Medium · 67%
Long · 17%
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A Manga Publication
- Format 46 × 11 ch × vol
- Total read 6h 08m approx
- Published Oct 2009 – Apr 2016
- Source Manga media type
- Ref. BS-M12565 catalog