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“Orphaned Michiru bonds with her young uncle, forming a sibling-like relationship after her mother's death.”
Chichi to Hige-Gorilla to Watashi
父とヒゲゴリラと私
8.32
327 rank · 9,645 readers · 167 favorites
Childcare
Comedy
Slice of Life
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Synopsis
Orphaned Michiru bonds with her young uncle, forming a sibling-like relationship after her mother's death.
After losing her mother to a traffic accident, five-year-old tomboy Michiru finds a "suspicious person" moving into her home: her father's younger brother Kouji, whom she quickly nicknames "Beard Gorilla." While awkward at first, it doesn't take long for them to develop a relationship that's closer to one between a brother and sister than an uncle and niece. (Source: MU)
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Community consensus
Derived from 6 sampled reviews
8.7
/10
What 6 readers settled on.
100%
recommend
Score distribution
median 9
mode 7
σ 1.25
Agreement
Mostly aligned
σ 1.25 · some divergence
The polarity gap
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Not enough recommend signal yet
Score over time
↓ 0.33
Running avg · Mar 2018 → Dec 2024
Snap verdicts
· shortest highly-rated reviews
- 7 “Chichi to Hige-Gorilla to Watashi was such a wholesome read! I'm gonna be short since this story doesn't have any complex plot development, BUT it doesn't make the story poor or bad. It's a kind of...”
- 9 “Dad Bear Gorilla and I is such an underrated gem that hardly anyone will talk about it when it comes to mentioning manga with Childcare/Slice of Life theme. The characters are lovable, the...”
- 10 “Immediately after I finished reading it for the first time, I wanted to start all over again. I absolutely love this 4koma! A shoulder above the rest in terms of quality, humor, and character as...”
Verbosity
Short · 50%
Medium · 17%
Long · 33%
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A Manga Publication
- Format 97 × 7 ch × vol
- Total read 12h 56m approx
- Published Feb 2011 – Nov 2018
- Source Manga media type
- Ref. BS-M31946 catalog