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“New student Hijiki meets mysterious boy by lake; both harbor secrets as she silently seeks help.”
Boyfriend
ボーイフレンド
7.45
3,705 rank · 8,353 readers · 40 favorites
Shoujo
Drama
Romance
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Synopsis
New student Hijiki meets mysterious boy by lake; both harbor secrets as she silently seeks help.
Hijiki (a girl with an unusual name) has just entered a new school, and on the way there she encounters a mysterious boy alongside a beautiful lake. Hijiki has some secrets of her own, and will this boy be able to listen to her silent pleas for help...? (Source: Nagareboshi Manga)
What people say
Community consensus
Derived from 3 sampled reviews
7.0
/10
What 3 readers settled on.
100%
recommend
Score distribution
median 7
mode 5
σ 1.63
Agreement
Mostly aligned
σ 1.63 · some divergence
The polarity gap
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Not enough recommend signal yet
Score over time
↓ 2.00
Running avg · Mar 2010 → Dec 2011
Snap verdicts
· shortest highly-rated reviews
- 7 “Boyfriend was about a girl who transfers into a new school and befriends the cool, aloof genius boy of the class. It turns out she left her old school because of conflict, and with the help of...”
- 9 “Warning!! might contain spoilers!! Story: Boyfriend is kind of a typical shoujo manga. But somehow it has this "thing" that makes you want to read it 'till the end. The story is kind of common but...”
- 5 “Yes, this is your typical shoujo manga where the main girl falls in love with the guy, but the guy doesn't like her so she cries and yada yada yada yada. *Sigh So boring....The main girl is so...”
Verbosity
Short · 100%
Medium · 0%
Long · 0%
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A Manga Publication
- Format 11 × 3 ch × vol
- Total read 1h 28m approx
- Published Mar 2009 – Jan 2010
- Source Manga media type
- Ref. BS-M8760 catalog