“Bullied girl Uka starts anew in high school, falls for popular Kai after a juice mishap sparks change.”
Honey Lemon Soda
ハニーレモンソーダ
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Synopsis
Bullied girl Uka starts anew in high school, falls for popular Kai after a juice mishap sparks change.
For 15-year-old Uka Ishimori, middle school was the toughest experience she lived through. She was dubbed "Rocky" due to always freezing up in front of other people and was endlessly bullied as a result. Now in high school, she has a chance for a fresh start and to improve herself. But during her first week, she is accidentally soaked in juice by her classmate Kai Miura, a flashy guy with lemon-colored hair. On paper, Kai is everything that Uka lacks—he is popular, aloof, and bold enough to speak his mind. Despite their contrasting personalities, Kai encourages her to slowly come out of her shell, offering a helping hand when others avoided to do so. Although Uka initially wanted to forge friendships, she has realized her true feelings—she has fallen in love with Kai. What started with a lemon soda is about to change Uka and Kai's lives forever.
What people say
Community consensus
Derived from 15 sampled reviews
What 15 readers settled on.
Mostly aligned
σ 1.48 · some divergence
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Not enough recommend signal yet
↓ 0.73
Running avg · Oct 2018 → Jan 2025
- 10 “Honey Lemon Soda is one of my favourite romance shoujo mangas, particularly because of how different the relationship between Uka and Kai is. While Murata has designed the two characters to be the...”
- 10 “everything about this manga is just 10/10! I have enjoyed reading it so far and cannot wait to read it even more!! The characters are superb and each has very unique characteristics. I love...”
- 8 “Kimi ni Todoke... but better. She is not as gloomy as Sawako and takes initiative sometimes which is refreshing! Yes, it is like "aLl ThE oThEr ShOuJo" but aren't all the shoujo's the same? It's...”
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A Manga Publication
- Published Dec 2015 – ongoing
- Source Manga media type
- Ref. BS-M37969 catalog