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“Riku struggles with romantic feelings for Shizuku, who is dating his childhood friend Takuto and makes advances toward him, threatening their friendship.”
Someone's Girlfriend
アイツノカノジョ
5.84
21,925 rank · 9,768 readers · 39 favorites
School
Romance
Ecchi
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Synopsis
Riku struggles with romantic feelings for Shizuku, who is dating his childhood friend Takuto and makes advances toward him, threatening their friendship.
Riku Ishizuki, Shizuku Minase, and Takuto Sorano have been inseparable since childhood. When Shizuku and Takuto begin dating, however, Riku becomes conflicted about his feelings. With vivid thoughts of Shizuku clouding his head, his heart only grows more tumultuous after she starts making advances toward him. Unsure of her intent and fearing it will shatter the trio's friendship, Riku tries to keep his distance from Shizuku, but she is hellbent on becoming more intimate with him. As he struggles to control his conflicting emotions, Riku wonders if there is more meaning to Shizuku's seemingly irrational actions.
What people say
Community consensus
Derived from 5 sampled reviews
6.0
/10
What 5 readers settled on.
67%
recommend
Score distribution
median 6
mode 6
σ 1.10
Agreement
Strong agreement
σ 1.10 · scores cluster tight
The polarity gap
3.0 pts
Recommenders 7.0 · others 4.0
Yes
No
Score over time
↓ 1.00
Running avg · Oct 2023 → Dec 2025
Snap verdicts
· shortest highly-rated reviews
- 7 “It's so bad that it's good. The entire plot revolves around a single question, why is the female lead dating MC's best friend, even though she's head over heels for the MC? I want to know so I keep...”
- 7 “7.1/10 Mangas that are full of misunderstandings. Mangas with stupid characters. Mangas with a plot that can be solved if the characters just have one conversation. What do these all have in...”
- 6 “If ever there were a 6/10 manga, this is it. It's not a particularly good story but it's good enough to keep you reading for a while. Same goes for the art though it's slightly better than the...”
Verbosity
Short · 20%
Medium · 80%
Long · 0%
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A Manga Publication
- Format 75 × 8 ch × vol
- Total read 10h 00m approx
- Published Sep 2022 – Nov 2025
- Source Manga media type
- Ref. BS-M65828 catalog