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“Two boys bond over abuse, evolve from sympathy to love and sexual discovery.”
Little Butterfly
リトル・バタフライ
8.04
8,061 readers · 122 favorites
School
Boys Love
Drama
Erotica
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Synopsis
Two boys bond over abuse, evolve from sympathy to love and sexual discovery.
Kojima seeks to befriend the class outcast, and soon learns of Nakahara's troubled family life - of his uncaring, abusive father and mentally unstable mother. As Kojima yearns to somehow comfort Nakahara, he gradually becomes aware that his feelings for the other boy arise from more than mere sympathy. When Nakahara declares his own romantic feelings for Kojima, their relationship becomes one of sexual exploration as they face their first steps into adulthood together. (Source: DMP)
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Community consensus
Derived from 4 sampled reviews
9.5
/10
What 4 readers settled on.
100%
recommend
Score distribution
median 9.5
mode 9
σ 0.50
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σ 0.50 · scores cluster tight
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Not enough recommend signal yet
Score over time
↓ 0.50
Running avg · Oct 2008 → Feb 2014
Snap verdicts
· shortest highly-rated reviews
- 9 “let me just say, i feel like a teenage fangirl right now...and thats difficult to say since i'm a guy this is how my reading experience progressed with this lovely story 1. ok 2. I like where this...”
- 9 “Story: Upon first inspection, I thought the plot would be some mushy-gushy cliche storyline. However, each plot point was written superbly and uniquely. Art: Since this was yaoi, I was surprised...”
- 10 “Seven reasons why you should buy Little Butterfly this instant: 1. For me in a manga good art is important and the art in Little Butterfly is gorgeous! So much so that it makes me jealous, why...”
Verbosity
Short · 75%
Medium · 25%
Long · 0%
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A Manga Publication
- Format 15 × 3 ch × vol
- Total read 2h 00m approx
- Published Jun 2001 – Jul 2003
- Source Manga media type
- Ref. BS-M0276 catalog