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“Boyish 15-year-old China enters high school, dreaming of romance with cute Haruka and tough Shindou.”
3 Years
3YEARS
6.88
11,590 rank · 2,586 readers · 10 favorites
Shoujo
School
Comedy
Romance
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Synopsis
Boyish 15-year-old China enters high school, dreaming of romance with cute Haruka and tough Shindou.
With her brother's influence, China grew up to become very boyish. But she is a 15 year-old girl who dreams from her heart for a romantic relationship. Now that she's in high school, she meets a cute (kind of short) boy named Haruka, and a big bad boy named Shindou and... (Source: Perfect Illusions)
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Derived from 2 sampled reviews
6.5
/10
What 2 readers settled on.
100%
recommend
Score distribution
median 6.5
mode 6
σ 0.50
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σ 0.50 · scores cluster tight
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Not enough recommend signal yet
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Running avg · Sep 2009 → Jun 2011
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· shortest highly-rated reviews
- 7 “3 Years isn't your typical love story and at the same time it’s exactly that, a typical love story. I found myself reading it and though, “Hey, I’ve read this before." Not because the plot is...”
- 6 “This story is basically about the friendship between three friends, a girl and two boys, who hit it off on the first day of their first year in high school. The tomboy who wishes to have a lover...”
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Short · 50%
Medium · 0%
Long · 50%
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A Manga Publication
- Format 4 × 1 ch × vol
- Total read 0h 32m approx
- Published Jan 2004 – ongoing
- Source Manga media type
- Ref. BS-M5302 catalog