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“Taiyou joins the empty cultural study group to study—only to find his rival Kaname already enrolled.”
Bandai Kaname wa Asobitai
万代かなめは遊びたい
6.52
17,624 rank · 6,887 readers · 17 favorites
School
Comedy
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Synopsis
Taiyou joins the empty cultural study group to study—only to find his rival Kaname already enrolled.
Because there were no members and he can concentrate on his studies, Taiyou Takara entered the cultural study group. However, his archenemy Kaname Bandai had also joined for the same reason. (Source: MangaDex, edited)
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7.5
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Score distribution
median 7.5
mode 7
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· shortest highly-rated reviews
- 8 “STORY: Story reminds me of Dagashi Kashi, but with games. Chapters are episodic and each discuss some game, there's some love rivalry as well, but focus was more on having fun with the games for...”
- 7 “I have a bit of a soft spot for whimsy, so when I cracked this open with basically no context for what it was, I was happy to find a fun slice of life story about 4 high schoolers playing with kids...”
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Long · 0%
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A Manga Publication
- Format 23 × 4 ch × vol
- Total read 3h 04m approx
- Published Dec 2017 – Apr 2020
- Source Manga media type
- Ref. BS-M48765 catalog