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“Tomboy Sumika joins a girls' love club to get closer to her oblivious crush, Ushio.”
Whispered Words
ささめきこと
7.93
1,027 rank · 24,768 readers · 680 favorites
Seinen
School
Comedy
Drama
Girls Love
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Synopsis
Tomboy Sumika joins a girls' love club to get closer to her oblivious crush, Ushio.
Sumika Murasame is not a cute girl. Nicknamed "Violence Murasame" by her peers, the tall and imposing Sumika shows little signs of femininity. And unfortunately for Sumika, her best friend and crush, Ushio Kazama, only likes cute girls. Ushio loves to gush about her endless crushes, completely oblivious to Sumika's feelings. During their first year of high school, Sumika and Ushio encounter Tomoe Hachisuka and Miyako Tamae, two other girls of a similar orientation. Desiring to start a club for "girl-loving girls," the group attempts to find a fifth member and get their club approved. Though Sumika has some reservations about the purpose of the club, she recognizes this as an opportunity to get closer to Ushio and resolve her unrequited love.Included one-shot: Volume 6: Kamisama to Dance
What people say
Community consensus
Derived from 12 sampled reviews
7.0
/10
What 12 readers settled on.
71%
recommend
Score distribution
median 7
mode 7
σ 1.58
Agreement
Mostly aligned
σ 1.58 · some divergence
The polarity gap
2.9 pts
Recommenders 8.4 · others 5.5
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Score over time
↓ 3.00
Running avg · Dec 2017 → Nov 2025
Snap verdicts
· shortest highly-rated reviews
- 8 “I started reading Sasameki Koto (AKA: Whispered Words) after I had watched the anime, and I'm happy that I did. The manga includes so much more information than the anime. I'd say it's a short...”
- 7 “Story was pretty good, if not a bit cliché. You get the same cookie cutter drama as with "most" love stories (dead relatives, inability to communicate, transfer student, bla bla). There's a few...”
- 9 “!english is not my first language - So... Love in teenage years itself is such a rollercoaster, but it's way more complicated when you fell in love with someone of the same gender as you. Sasameki...”
Verbosity
Short · 42%
Medium · 50%
Long · 8%
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A Manga Publication
- Format 55 × 9 ch × vol
- Total read 7h 20m approx
- Published Jan 2007 – Sep 2011
- Source Manga media type
- Ref. BS-M3787 catalog