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“Plain saleswoman Kinue transfers to women's fashion, trained by stylish boss.”
Real Clothes
Real Clothes
7.53
3,067 rank · 4,011 readers · 36 favorites
Josei
Workplace
Award Winning
Drama
Romance
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Synopsis
Plain saleswoman Kinue transfers to women's fashion, trained by stylish boss.
Kinue is a saleswoman in the futon section of a department store. Despite her plain clothes and poor makeup, she ends up being transferred to the women's clothing department, where she has to be trained by her extraordinarily fashionable boss.
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Community consensus
Derived from 5 sampled reviews
7.2
/10
What 5 readers settled on.
100%
recommend
Score distribution
median 7
mode 7
σ 0.40
Agreement
Strong agreement
σ 0.40 · scores cluster tight
The polarity gap
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Not enough recommend signal yet
Score over time
↑ 0.20
Running avg · Aug 2014 → Feb 2023
Snap verdicts
· shortest highly-rated reviews
- 8 “I felt like this manga should get a higher score. I wonder why it is on the low 7 end. To sum it up quickly, it's like "The Devil Wears Prada". But that is only the beginning part of it. The beauty...”
- 7 “Makimura Satoru is a mangaka that is well known for writing Josei stories that are based around the industry, the real world. I had read Oishi Kankei before this and I knew what I was getting...”
- 7 “I picked up this manga randomly out of sheer boredom, never though that 6 hours later I would find my self still reading it and wanting more!! there is nothing extraordinary about it. if you're...”
Verbosity
Short · 20%
Medium · 40%
Long · 40%
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A Manga Publication
- Format 102 × 13 ch × vol
- Total read 13h 36m approx
- Published Nov 2006 – Oct 2011
- Source Manga media type
- Ref. BS-M9625 catalog