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“Shoujo-loving Hikaru is kissed by a perverted prince, then meets his look-alike with different eyes.”
Moe Kare!!
萌えカレ!!
7.9
1,097 rank · 25,469 readers · 884 favorites
Shoujo
School
Comedy
Drama
Romance
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Synopsis
Shoujo-loving Hikaru is kissed by a perverted prince, then meets his look-alike with different eyes.
Wakamiya Hikaru is a 15-year-old teenager who wants a boyfriend that'll protect her. She likes to read shoujo manga all the time. One day, she gets kissed by a handsome, perverted boy who she called the "Perverted Prince." Later on, she finds a guy who looks exactly like him, but the eyes are different. What's going on? (Source: MU)
What people say
Community consensus
Derived from 27 sampled reviews
8.3
/10
What 27 readers settled on.
92%
recommend
Score distribution
median 9
mode 10
σ 2.25
Agreement
Polarized
σ 2.25 · split reception
The polarity gap
7.2 pts
Recommenders 9.2 · others 2.0
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Score over time
↓ 0.74
Running avg · May 2008 → Apr 2025
Snap verdicts
· shortest highly-rated reviews
- 10 “Although the characters were typical the plot was rather intense. It wasn't as straight forward as other shougo manga's but it was just as rewarding in the end. I almost cried a couple of times....”
- 10 “the story is about a girl named Hikaru who loves anime.she always dreams of having a strong and sweet boyfriend like in the anime.so what happens when a very handsome boy takes her first kiss ,and...”
- 10 “If you've never read Moe Kare, you have no idea what you're missing out on. It's rare for me to find a manga and just fall in love with every aspect of it - from storyline, art, and character...”
Verbosity
Short · 48%
Medium · 41%
Long · 11%
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A Manga Publication
- Format 35 × 7 ch × vol
- Total read 4h 40m approx
- Published Jul 2005 – Sep 2006
- Source Manga media type
- Ref. BS-M1758 catalog