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“Child star Sana clashes with gloomy bully Hayama; opposites attract amid classroom chaos and mutual transformation.”
Kodocha: Sana's Stage
こどものおもちゃ
8.35
337 rank · 25,451 readers · 1,218 favorites
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Drama
Romance
Slice of Life
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Synopsis
Child star Sana clashes with gloomy bully Hayama; opposites attract amid classroom chaos and mutual transformation.
Sana Kurata, a child actress, faces many problems in her classroom, including a major one - her bullying classmate, Akito Hayama. Sana's outgoing and friendly nature leads her to work towards correcting all of the problems around her. Her 'meddling' irritates Hayama but at the same time captivates him, just as Hayama's gloomy nature irritates Sana and compels her to change him. As these two opposites attract each other, they face many hardships which bring them closer to a mutual understanding. (Source: ANN)
What people say
Community consensus
Derived from 15 sampled reviews
9.0
/10
What 15 readers settled on.
100%
recommend
Score distribution
median 10
mode 10
σ 1.21
Agreement
Mostly aligned
σ 1.21 · some divergence
The polarity gap
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Not enough recommend signal yet
Score over time
↓ 1.00
Running avg · Jan 2008 → Apr 2023
Snap verdicts
· shortest highly-rated reviews
- 10 “also known as kodocha . :) i really got into this manga. because , of the entertainment. & the romance it has. :) the manga is very different from the anime. the storylines are different. i think...”
- 8 “I just wanted to say is that Kodomo No Omochi is like Gakuen Alice because -natsume- and -Akido- both are cold hearted and -mikan- and -sana- both are pig tailed and are cheerful and finally...”
- 10 “maybe i'm a bit biased because this is one of my all-time favorites.. orginally i began reading this because of the art..then i saw how they kinda resemble natsume and mikan its funny and romantic...”
Verbosity
Short · 40%
Medium · 40%
Long · 20%
Read Order & Related
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A Manga Publication
- Format 54 × 10 ch × vol
- Total read 7h 12m approx
- Published Jul 1994 – Oct 1998
- Source Manga media type
- Ref. BS-M0016 catalog