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“Elle must marry Ruo due to grandfathers' pact, but resists until Kazuki defies her grandfather's interference.”
Punch!
Punch!
7.26
5,732 rank · 3,181 readers · 17 favorites
Shoujo
Comedy
Romance
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Synopsis
Elle must marry Ruo due to grandfathers' pact, but resists until Kazuki defies her grandfather's interference.
Elle Nagahara is a first year in high school. Her grandfather and his rival, later friend made a promise, that their kids would get married. But they both had sons, so now the promise falls for the grandkids, Elle and Ruo. Ruo wants to marry Elle, but Elle want's a normal life. Everytime she falls for a guy, her grandfather sends few students from his gym to scare the guy off. It worked on every guy, untill Kazuki Shindo. (Source: ANN) Included one-shots: Nandemo Ari sa (Anything Goes), Hibari Telepathy
What people say
Community consensus
Derived from 4 sampled reviews
3.5
/10
What 4 readers settled on.
25%
recommend
Score distribution
median 2.5
mode 1
σ 2.69
Agreement
Polarized
σ 2.69 · split reception
The polarity gap
6.0 pts
Recommenders 8.0 · others 2.0
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No
Score over time
↓ 4.50
Running avg · Feb 2012 → Apr 2026
Snap verdicts
· shortest highly-rated reviews
- 8 “It's a cute story, really. You totally fall in love with Elle right away. Granted, this manga is only three volumes, so the next bit shouldn't be surprising buuuuuut. . . It definitely ended too...”
- 1 “The story has several inconsistencies. If Elle dislikes martial arts, her reasons should go deeper than just cleaning the gym, as disliking cleaning doesn't equate to hating combat sports. The...”
- 2 “The story contains numerous inconsistencies. If Elle genuinely dislikes martial arts, her reasons should be more profound than simply having to clean the gym. Disliking cleaning doesn't equate to...”
Verbosity
Short · 50%
Medium · 25%
Long · 25%
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A Manga Publication
- Format 15 × 3 ch × vol
- Total read 2h 00m approx
- Published Nov 2006 – Mar 2007
- Source Manga media type
- Ref. BS-M0736 catalog