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“Womanizer Daisuke hides in confessional, hears shy Hinako's abuse confession, and their bond deepens into unexpected romance.”
Bitter Virgin
ビターバージン
7.75
1,666 rank · 47,421 readers · 1,080 favorites
Seinen
School
Drama
Romance
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Synopsis
Womanizer Daisuke hides in confessional, hears shy Hinako's abuse confession, and their bond deepens into unexpected romance.
Daisuke Suwa is a reserved high school student who lives with his widowed mother in a faraway rural town. At school, he behaves like a womanizer who is interested in all girls except the shy Hinako Aikawa, whom he claims is pretending to be a "sweet virgin." One day, Daisuke gets caught up in an argument between two of his admirers and seeks shelter in a church. He hides inside a confessional, only for Hinako to enter the church and mistake his voice as that of a priest. She asks for him to listen to her confession, to which he has no choice but to comply. Hinako divulges that she was sexually abused by her step-father while she was still in junior high school, which led to her giving up a baby boy for adoption. Now aware of her secrets, Daisuke can't help but empathize with her. However, as the pair become closer, can his compassion turn into something more?
What people say
Community consensus
Derived from 20 sampled reviews
8.3
/10
What 20 readers settled on.
94%
recommend
Score distribution
median 9
mode 10
σ 1.76
Agreement
Mostly aligned
σ 1.76 · some divergence
The polarity gap
5.9 pts
Recommenders 8.9 · others 3.0
Yes
No
Score over time
↓ 1.70
Running avg · Jan 2008 → Dec 2017
Snap verdicts
· shortest highly-rated reviews
- 10 “This is the best manga I've read so far.. It's IMPOSSIBLE to find these characters in reality, specially Suwa Daisuke. The guy's fit for a god, the story starts like a typical shoujo manga, but...”
- 10 “I have to admit, I've only just started reading this manga, and this is my first review. A manga like this, with such a taboo plot, doesn't usually hit this close to home. Not to me, but with my...”
- 8 “This is a very heart-stopping manga, it tells u how life can treat u and that the world isnt just a fairy-tale and that basically the world is full of both good and bad people. It starts off with a...”
Verbosity
Short · 40%
Medium · 30%
Long · 30%
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A Manga Publication
- Format 32 × 4 ch × vol
- Total read 4h 16m approx
- Published Feb 2005 – Mar 2008
- Source Manga media type
- Ref. BS-M1069 catalog