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“Claudine, born female, lives as a man seeking love but faces rejection and tragedy.”
Claudine
クローディーヌ…！
7.29
5,316 rank · 7,379 readers · 134 favorites
Shoujo
Drama
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Synopsis
Claudine, born female, lives as a man seeking love but faces rejection and tragedy.
Claudine was convinced since he was young that he was born into the wrong gender. He struggles through life, being the first child after three older brothers to take after their father. He wants only to be able to find true love, and his attempts continue to end in tragedy as he is unable to be accepted as a man by his peers. (Source: ANN, edited)
What people say
Community consensus
Derived from 7 sampled reviews
6.1
/10
What 7 readers settled on.
100%
recommend
Score distribution
median 6
mode 6
σ 0.64
Agreement
Strong agreement
σ 0.64 · scores cluster tight
The polarity gap
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Not enough recommend signal yet
Score over time
↓ 0.86
Running avg · Apr 2013 → Nov 2024
Snap verdicts
· shortest highly-rated reviews
- 7 “Claudine is the kind of manga that has come to be called "ahead of its time", because it brings up debates that we're not used to seeing dealt with so well, even nowadays, where sensitive topics...”
- 7 “I heard about this manga on TVTropes, and read that it's known for having a character who is a woman but identifies as a man, and the manga portrays this character in a human, respectful, and...”
- 6 “Interesting as a museum piece and short enough to read on a whim, so that's cool. Ultimately, I just thought the story was a little too thin. There's not a lot of actual conflict because most...”
Verbosity
Short · 43%
Medium · 14%
Long · 43%
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A Manga Publication
- Format 4 × 1 ch × vol
- Total read 0h 32m approx
- Published May 1978 – ongoing
- Source Manga media type
- Ref. BS-M1146 catalog