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“College freshman Sawaya joins a club hoping to find love, but questions what he's gotten into.”
Guilty Circle
ギルティサークル
5.93
2,342 readers · 13 favorites
Suspense
Erotica
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Synopsis
College freshman Sawaya joins a club hoping to find love, but questions what he's gotten into.
April! Douji Sawaya's college life at his dream school of Seio University starts with an encounter with the beautiful Kaede Hoshimi during the club recruiting fair. Sawaya believes that if he goes to Tokyo... if he joins a university... if he joins a club, he can get a girlfriend! It's a great way to meet new people, but what kind of club has he gotten himself into? (Source: Kodansha, translated)
What people say
Community consensus
Derived from 2 sampled reviews
3.0
/10
What 2 readers settled on.
0%
recommend
Score distribution
median 3
mode 1
σ 2.00
Agreement
Polarized
σ 2.00 · split reception
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Not enough recommend signal yet
Score over time
↓ 2.00
Running avg · Mar 2025 → Jun 2025
Snap verdicts
· shortest highly-rated reviews
- 1 “There are no redeeming qualities to be found in this work. The manga is a lazy, shallow collection of censored scenes that relies entirely on shock value, lacking any meaningful plot or character...”
- 5 “The series offers effective erotic titillation through its depictions of fantasy sexual violence, which can be enjoyable if viewed strictly as consequence-free roleplay. However, the show is...”
Verbosity
Short · 50%
Medium · 50%
Long · 0%
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A Manga Publication
- Published May 2021 – ongoing
- Source Manga media type
- Ref. BS-M59614 catalog