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“Knitting club boy secretly dates violent gang girl who threatens mutual death if exposed.”
Onidere
オニデレ
7.24
6,015 rank · 10,329 readers · 89 favorites
Shounen
Delinquents
School
Comedy
Romance
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Synopsis
Knitting club boy secretly dates violent gang girl who threatens mutual death if exposed.
Tadashi is in his second year of junior high school and is a member of the handicraft club and loves nothing more than knitting. Unfortunately he's in secret relationship with Saya, the member of a notorious all-girl gang, who says she will kill him and herself if anyone is to find out about it. Included one-shots: Volume 8: Noa-himesama no Tsugai-sagashi Volume 10: Dragon Back Volume 11: Mismatch!
What people say
Community consensus
Derived from 8 sampled reviews
6.3
/10
What 8 readers settled on.
57%
recommend
Score distribution
median 6.5
mode 3
σ 3.07
Agreement
Polarized
σ 3.07 · split reception
The polarity gap
6.3 pts
Recommenders 9.0 · others 2.7
Yes
No
Score over time
↑ 3.25
Running avg · Nov 2009 → Sep 2018
Snap verdicts
· shortest highly-rated reviews
- 10 “When I first read the chapter 00 oneshot, I thought it was really funny and that it had potential. That was 3 days ago. After that, I began reading the manga and without realizing it, I already...”
- 9 “guy who is soft, girl who is delinquent, they date, its a secret, hijinks ensue... that sums the whole thing up. story wise, don't look for anything substantial. the art fits the story better than...”
- 7 “This manga has a decent plot and some solid characters, but it seems to get bogged down by a number of issues. The first is that there are a bunch of sub plots that don’t seem to advance things in...”
Verbosity
Short · 50%
Medium · 38%
Long · 13%
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A Manga Publication
- Format 143 × 11 ch × vol
- Total read 19h 04m approx
- Published Apr 2008 – Feb 2011
- Source Manga media type
- Ref. BS-M6584 catalog