“Love-cynic Rina's world flips when her popular neighbor kisses her, sparking her first quest for romance.”
Bye-bye Liberty
ばいばいリバティー
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Synopsis
Love-cynic Rina's world flips when her popular neighbor kisses her, sparking her first quest for romance.
Rina Suzuki claims she has zero interest in love. While most girls are ogling the popular male clique led by the laidback Hibiki Takumi, Rina is proud to say she does not need a man. She does not need to be spoiled, she is not lonely, and being in love is nothing worth bragging about. As someone who has never experienced love, Rina cannot understand what is so great about it. But this mindset takes a drastic turn when she gets a new neighbor—Takumi himself. Unlike her, romance is just another part of his daily life; he has always been fawned over by girls. After Takumi requests Rina's aid in warding off a stalker, he kisses her, throwing her world into chaos. Rina realizes she has been envious of others and has actually been longing for the bliss that comes from romance. For the first time, she sets out to experience the feeling of loving another and being loved in return.Included one-shot: Volume 1: Ookami Shoujo to Kuro Ouji Bangai-hen
What people say
Community consensus
Derived from 2 sampled reviews
What 2 readers settled on.
Mostly aligned
σ 1.50 · some divergence
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Not enough recommend signal yet
↑ 1.50
Running avg · Feb 2019 → Jun 2021
- 9 “This wasn't a masterpiece but I really, really enjoyed this manga. The mangaka took many classic shoujo tropes and gently, playfully inverted them. The heroine was pretty atypical, having no...”
- 6 “Bye-bye Liberty is about Rina's gradual growing friendship and romance with school prince Hibiki. They start as a classic rivalry / bickering "enemies", somehow evolving into a "makeover" story,...”
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A Manga Publication
- Format 18 × 4 ch × vol
- Total read 2h 24m approx
- Published Sep 2016 – Dec 2017
- Source Manga media type
- Ref. BS-M40972 catalog