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“Two women enter a fake marriage—one to escape family pressure, the other secretly in love since high school.”
I Married My Best Friend to Shut My Parents Up
親がうるさいので後輩(♀)と偽装結婚してみた。
7.06
8,742 rank · 17,556 readers · 96 favorites
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Slice of Life
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Synopsis
Two women enter a fake marriage—one to escape family pressure, the other secretly in love since high school.
Machi Morimoto is a girl who is expected to settle down, get married, and become a stay-at-home mother. Her parents nag her about finding a suitor but she is neither interested in nor understands love. In an attempt to stop her parents from controlling her life any more than they do, she marries her best friend, Hana Agaya, who lost her job and needed a place to crash. Hana is into girls, and she has had a crush on Machi since high school. While Hana is charismatic, outgoing, and always doing what she loves, Machi has never experienced the tender feeling of love or being loved. Only time will tell if their fake marriage will allow true love to flourish or end up driving them apart.Included one-shot: Musanso Renai (Anaerobic Love)
What people say
Community consensus
Derived from 9 sampled reviews
7.0
/10
What 9 readers settled on.
86%
recommend
Score distribution
median 7
mode 7
σ 2.05
Agreement
Polarized
σ 2.05 · split reception
The polarity gap
6.0 pts
Recommenders 8.0 · others 2.0
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Score over time
↓ 1.00
Running avg · Jul 2019 → Mar 2026
Snap verdicts
· shortest highly-rated reviews
- 8 “I picked this book up and I read it all in one sitting. I have to say it's really good! The characters are great. It doesn't focus on high school students, but two young adults living on their own....”
- 10 “Definitely one of the stories of all time, able to hook you onto these two characters both having their struggles. A person learning what she likes, dealing with parental issues. Most people will...”
- 7 “‘I Married My Best Friend to Shut My Parents Up’ is a short manga built around a gimmick (which can be gleaned from the title) and developing into a heartfelt story with cute characters. It’s the...”
Verbosity
Short · 78%
Medium · 11%
Long · 11%
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A Manga Publication
- Format 4 × 1 ch × vol
- Total read 0h 32m approx
- Published Apr 2018 – Jun 2018
- Source Manga media type
- Ref. BS-M48302 catalog