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“Shima moves to Sapporo, falls for Wao and Gen despite social consequences.”
Principal
プリンシパル
7.49
3,353 rank · 2,917 readers · 27 favorites
Shoujo
School
Comedy
Romance
Slice of Life
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Synopsis
Shima moves to Sapporo, falls for Wao and Gen despite social consequences.
Shima, who is an outcast at her school and unable to get along with her third stepfather, decides to move out to Sapporo and live with her biological father. There she meets Wao and Gen. Even though she knows she would be shunned by every girl in school for hanging out with them, there's nothing she can really do about it because she's fallen in love.
What people say
Community consensus
Derived from 4 sampled reviews
8.8
/10
What 4 readers settled on.
100%
recommend
Score distribution
median 9
mode 10
σ 1.30
Agreement
Mostly aligned
σ 1.30 · some divergence
The polarity gap
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Not enough recommend signal yet
Score over time
↓ 1.25
Running avg · Apr 2013 → Jan 2023
Snap verdicts
· shortest highly-rated reviews
- 7 “Man okay this was a big trip~~~~~~~~ I'll try to be fast in this review Yes looks alike any random romance manga but it's very worth if you want a cute and humane history with really good character...”
- 10 “"Shima, who is an outcast at her school and unable to get along with her third stepfather, decides to move out to Sapporo and live with her biological father. There she meets Wao and Gen. Even...”
- 8 “The premise sounds pretty typical, but I promise this one is worth a read. The plot does have a pretty standard setup, but it really takes its time in setting up and following through with a...”
Verbosity
Short · 25%
Medium · 50%
Long · 25%
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A Manga Publication
- Format 26 × 7 ch × vol
- Total read 3h 28m approx
- Published Sep 2010 – Jul 2013
- Source Manga media type
- Ref. BS-M18445 catalog