“Tall Risa and short Ootani team up for love, bicker, and maybe find it in each other.”
Love★Com
ラブ★コン
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Synopsis
Tall Risa and short Ootani team up for love, bicker, and maybe find it in each other.
When the taller than average 172 cm Risa Koizumi learns that her occasional nemesis, the shorter than average 156 cm Atsushi Ootani, is romantically interested in her friend, she decides to team up with him. After all, she also has feelings for his friend. Unluckily, however, their respective crushes fall for each other instead. Determined to find new love after their recent misfortunes, the pair decide to cheer each other on while maintaining their usual dynamic of constant bickering. Although they continually deny it, Risa and Ootani are more similar than they like to admit: they both have unusual heights, failing grades, identical tastes in food, and a tendency to act extremely childish. Together, they inspire laughter among their peers as a so-called comedic duo. Could the love that these two are looking for be closer than they think?Included one-shots: Volume 12: Hoshi ni Nattemo Aishiteru Volume 16: Bokura no Ibasho
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Derived from 25 sampled reviews
What 25 readers settled on.
Polarized
σ 1.81 · split reception
5.4 pts
Recommenders 9.4 · others 4.0
↓ 1.44
Running avg · May 2008 → Jan 2026
- 10 “Risa Koizumi frequently gets rejected because of her tall stature. But what will happen when she falls in love with her comic duo/endless bickering partner Atsushi Otani? Adding to that, he's...”
- 9 “Hello BARBIE IS HERE꒰ᐢ. ̫ .ᐢ꒱!¡ If you're not a girl you won't get it!!! I LOVE lovely complex with my whole heart and i really prefer the manga than the anime, even tho, i hate so much how is...”
- 7 “No spoilers. Art and Characters are the highlight of this Manga. However the constant reprisal of the "Jealousy" conflict as well as "I'm not sure if he really loves me" conflict really made the...”
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A Manga Publication
- Format 68 × 17 ch × vol
- Total read 9h 04m approx
- Published Aug 2001 – Aug 2007
- Source Manga media type
- Ref. BS-M0029 catalog