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“Priest Yuuji hides longtime love for best friend Saburou, now back after eight years, testing his vows.”
Hopelessly Devoted
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7.8
1,484 rank · 9,867 readers · 83 favorites
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Synopsis
Priest Yuuji hides longtime love for best friend Saburou, now back after eight years, testing his vows.
Miza Yuuji is the so-called "beautiful priest" of Uguisuzaka Shopping District, loved and respected by all not only for his skills as a Buddhist priest but for his demure demeanor and kind air. While he professes to have pledged himself to the cloth, vowing to remain unmarried and celibate for life... he's harbored a crush on his best friend Saburou since middle school. Now that Saburou's back in town, taking over his parents' tofu shop after an eight-year absence, Yuuji must deal with feelings he thought he'd long since moved past—and that's when he gets drunk one evening in Saburou's presence. (Source: September Scanlations)
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Community consensus
Derived from 2 sampled reviews
8.5
/10
What 2 readers settled on.
100%
recommend
Score distribution
median 8.5
mode 7
σ 1.50
Agreement
Mostly aligned
σ 1.50 · some divergence
The polarity gap
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Not enough recommend signal yet
Score over time
↓ 1.50
Running avg · Jul 2013 → Sep 2020
Snap verdicts
· shortest highly-rated reviews
- 7 “This manga is a really enjoyable and cute read, consistent with the high quality I expect from Yamamoto Kotetsuko’s works. While the premise felt quite weird and unfamiliar compared to other...”
- 10 “Yamamoto Kotetsuko’s art is drop-dead cute, and the characters—especially the klutzy Yuuji and the surprisingly tender Saburo—are absolutely endearing. While the plot deviates from typical...”
Verbosity
Short · 50%
Medium · 50%
Long · 0%
Read Order & Related
A self-contained story.
No sequels, spin-offs or alternate tellings — Hopelessly Devoted begins and ends here.
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A Manga Publication
- Format 46 × 10 ch × vol
- Total read 6h 08m approx
- Published Jul 2011 – Apr 2021
- Source Manga media type
- Ref. BS-M20478 catalog