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“Perfect student Umaru becomes a lazy, gaming-obsessed brat at home, tormenting her overworked brother Taihei.”
Himouto! Umaru-chan
干物妹〈ひもうと〉! うまるちゃん
7.36
4,584 rank · 21,351 readers · 420 favorites
Seinen
Otaku Culture
School
Comedy
Slice of Life
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Synopsis
Perfect student Umaru becomes a lazy, gaming-obsessed brat at home, tormenting her overworked brother Taihei.
In public, Umaru Doma appears to be the perfect high school student: hard-working, refined, and totally responsible. But the minute she gets home to her older brother Taihei–and dons her famous hamster hoodie–she devolves into the ultimate bratty little sister! She's happy to roll around all day in an otaku cloud of games and junk food while her exhausted older brother takes care of everything in the house. In this hilarious comedy about family, friendship, and the nonsense we put up with (from the people we love), Umaru and Taihei will find a way to make it work! (Source: Seven Seas Entertainment)
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Community consensus
Derived from 7 sampled reviews
7.9
/10
What 7 readers settled on.
100%
recommend
Score distribution
median 8
mode 7
σ 1.25
Agreement
Mostly aligned
σ 1.25 · some divergence
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Not enough recommend signal yet
Score over time
↑ 0.86
Running avg · Apr 2015 → Jan 2023
Snap verdicts
· shortest highly-rated reviews
- 9 “Story: A fun and enjoyable story about Umaru, a 16 year old girl, who is perfect on the outside but is lazy brat in he private life. It takes you through all the adventures Umaru has with her...”
- 10 “"Himouto! Umaru-chan" is a story about a young girl, very selfish and caring only about being perceived like the perfect girl in the outside world. But as she gets friends, she will try to appear...”
- 8 “And then, this wildly cute ride is finally over. There may be a sequel or just a spinoff follow-up (will read it regardless), but here's a small review for this clever little gem. Himouto!...”
Verbosity
Short · 29%
Medium · 29%
Long · 43%
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A Manga Publication
- Format 229 × 12 ch × vol
- Total read 30h 32m approx
- Published Mar 2013 – Nov 2017
- Source Manga media type
- Ref. BS-M21710 catalog