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“High school boy Hero struggles with romantic feelings for two childhood friends while they harbor their own secrets in this love triangle story.”
You Can't Be in a Rom-Com with Your Childhood Friends!
幼馴染とはラブコメにならない
6.67
15,389 rank · 10,797 readers · 32 favorites
Harem
School
Comedy
Romance
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Synopsis
High school boy Hero struggles with romantic feelings for two childhood friends while they harbor their own secrets in this love triangle story.
Hero, your average high school boy, has a problem: Shio and Akari, his two female childhood friends, go to the same school as him, and they're way too cute! He's certain they don't see him as more than a friend, though, and would be mortified if they learned how he feels. Meanwhile, the girls have their own secrets... Enjoy a sweet and vexing love triangle as longtime friends struggle to be more honest with each other! (Source: Kodansha)
What people say
Community consensus
Derived from 5 sampled reviews
5.0
/10
What 5 readers settled on.
33%
recommend
Score distribution
median 5
mode 3
σ 1.90
Agreement
Polarized
σ 1.90 · split reception
The polarity gap
-1.0 pts
Recommenders 3.0 · others 4.0
Yes
No
Score over time
↓ 3.00
Running avg · Oct 2022 → May 2025
Snap verdicts
· shortest highly-rated reviews
- 8 “Now this must be my favourite currently-publishing manga, I confess it. Though to say so may be considered less than seemly, because this is not a "good" manga. In truth, it's very much part of the...”
- 3 “Literally every chapter goes through extreme lengths to make sure it ends right back where it starts. There is no progress. There is no development. The only change is that one girls boobs get...”
- 6 “6.8/10 There's an extent to how much a manga can rely and get carried on its premise; this manga has extended said extent, milking it dry until there's no progression left. Similar to all good...”
Verbosity
Short · 20%
Medium · 80%
Long · 0%
Read Order & Related
A self-contained story.
No sequels, spin-offs or alternate tellings — You Can't Be in a Rom-Com with Your Childhood Friends! begins and ends here.
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A Manga Publication
- Format 204 × 21 ch × vol
- Total read 27h 12m approx
- Published Mar 2022 – Jun 2026
- Source Manga media type
- Ref. BS-M61908 catalog