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“Art club boy and craft prodigy girl collaborate on projects, sparking both creative synergy and budding romance.”
Blooming Love
半人前の恋人
7.57
2,742 rank · 15,341 readers · 103 favorites
Shounen
School
Visual Arts
Romance
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Synopsis
Art club boy and craft prodigy girl collaborate on projects, sparking both creative synergy and budding romance.
As a member of the art club, Shintaro Ibuki is stuck with the arduous task of making a piece of school equipment by hand. While crafting, he notices the intimidating Kyoko Sugisaki glaring at him. Unsatisfied with his clumsy efforts, Kyoko eventually steps in and quickly finishes his work for him. Wishing to return the favor, Shintaro helps with the sketch Kyoko was working on. Fascinated by each other's different areas of expertise—Shintaro by Kyoko's special talent for handcrafting drums and Kyoko by Shintaro's impressive art skills—they begin working together on various projects. But their shared passion for creating beautiful things may be just the first step for romantic feelings to appear in full bloom.
What people say
Community consensus
Derived from 8 sampled reviews
7.8
/10
What 8 readers settled on.
100%
recommend
Score distribution
median 8
mode 9
σ 1.30
Agreement
Mostly aligned
σ 1.30 · some divergence
The polarity gap
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Not enough recommend signal yet
Score over time
↓ 1.25
Running avg · Jan 2024 → Jan 2026
Snap verdicts
· shortest highly-rated reviews
- 7 “When I picked up this manga I wasn't sure what to expect because its summary on Manga Plus was vague. It had its good points and bad points but overall it was an enjoyable story with characters I...”
- 7 “I don't usually write reviews, let alone for romances since for me it's more of like a genre similar to a movie that you go to the theatre for just so you can get popcorn. The first thing that...”
- 9 “Usually, in romcom manga or anime, the timeline feels frozen until the finale, where the characters either graduate or get married. But here, it’s much more realistic, which I really appreciate....”
Verbosity
Short · 50%
Medium · 38%
Long · 13%
Read Order & Related
A self-contained story.
No sequels, spin-offs or alternate tellings — Blooming Love begins and ends here.
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A Manga Publication
- Format 67 × 7 ch × vol
- Total read 8h 56m approx
- Published May 2023 – Dec 2025
- Source Manga media type
- Ref. BS-M69136 catalog