“16-year-old Hana secretly starts high school a year late and struggles to hide her delayed enrollment from classmates.”
Slow Start
スロウスタート
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16-year-old Hana secretly starts high school a year late and struggles to hide her delayed enrollment from classmates.
Hana Ichinose is a normal 16-year-old high school student. However, there is something different about her: she enrolled in high school one year late! Her classmates are unaware of this, and Hana will have to work hard to catch up with everyone else. (Source: MAL News)
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A Manga Publication
- Published Jun 2013 – ongoing
- Source Manga media type
- Ref. BS-M34589 catalog