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“11-year-old Niina, reincarnated from Chitose, pursues love with older Atsurou to fulfill their past promise.”
Hajimari no Niina
はじまりのにいな
7.95
962 rank · 16,285 readers · 164 favorites
Shoujo
Romance
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Synopsis
11-year-old Niina, reincarnated from Chitose, pursues love with older Atsurou to fulfill their past promise.
Niina Aoyagi is an 11-year-old girl who claims to be in love with Atsurou Itami, a man 15 years older than her. In Niina's past life, she was a girl named Chitose Amamiya, who was infatuated with the same person when they were middle school students. Before Chitose's death, the two had made a promise, that Niina intends to fulfill while hiding the precious memories from her past. Can Niina heal the wounds in both their hearts?Included one-shots: Volume 1: Koi Baka. Volume 4: Yasashii Tenohira, Machibito
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Community consensus
Derived from 12 sampled reviews
9.2
/10
What 12 readers settled on.
100%
recommend
Score distribution
median 9
mode 9
σ 0.90
Agreement
Strong agreement
σ 0.90 · scores cluster tight
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Not enough recommend signal yet
Score over time
↑ 0.17
Running avg · Nov 2011 → May 2019
Snap verdicts
· shortest highly-rated reviews
- 10 “I can't really express how much I love this manga... Usually I don't like ones with huge age differences but this one is different. Hajimari no Niina is the most endearing romance with the age...”
- 10 “At first I just started to read the manga, because I like the art, but then the story totally got me. I never read something like this before. It's something totally new and so cute. The story is...”
- 9 “I directly love these cover.. Very cute art and their synopsis interested me.. I didn't regret bought it^^ First, this story kinda strange to me. it mean, why Niina still remember her past? How to...”
Verbosity
Short · 58%
Medium · 25%
Long · 17%
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A Manga Publication
- Format 22 × 4 ch × vol
- Total read 2h 56m approx
- Published Sep 2010 – Oct 2012
- Source Manga media type
- Ref. BS-M15997 catalog