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“Backup baseball player Sunaki confesses to school idol; his bold move sets unexpected events in motion.”
Henshin Ganbou!
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7.31
5,207 rank · 13,667 readers · 102 favorites
Shounen
School
Team Sports
Comedy
Romance
Sports
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Synopsis
Backup baseball player Sunaki confesses to school idol; his bold move sets unexpected events in motion.
Sunaki is a back-up player on the baseball team and he finally gets the courage to give a love letter to the idol of the school. Where will his actions take him? (Source: CXC Scans)
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7.0
/10
What 4 readers settled on.
100%
recommend
Score distribution
median 7
mode 7
σ 0.71
Agreement
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σ 0.71 · scores cluster tight
The polarity gap
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Not enough recommend signal yet
Score over time
↓ 1.00
Running avg · Apr 2015 → Dec 2025
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· shortest highly-rated reviews
- 7 “Henshin Ganbou is a decent romantic one shot about a young boy trying to impress the girl he likes. I like the simplicity of the narrative. The characters don't tease the readers or beat around the...”
- 7 “Our story takes place in like 1780 or whenever was the last time someone above the age of 40 wrote a love letter. Our boy tries to defeat the league right after just getting his starter and get...”
- 8 “Henshin Ganbou! caught my eye a cloudy Tuesday when i had nothing better to do. The first thing i noticed about it, was that it was written by the same person who wrote Bakemonogatari. The second...”
Verbosity
Short · 50%
Medium · 25%
Long · 25%
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A One shot Publication
- Format 1 ch ch × vol
- Total read 0h 08m approx
- Published Aug 2014 – ongoing
- Source One shot media type
- Ref. BS-M30098 catalog