“Lonely girl befriends popular boy's brother, sparking unexpected romance and social change.”
Yanagi-kun no Himitsu
柳くんの秘密
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Synopsis
Lonely girl befriends popular boy's brother, sparking unexpected romance and social change.
Waka Ichimiya is a high school girl without much of a social life, and she's worried that she is slowly becoming a total outcast. She secretly longs to be more like Shuuichi Yanagi, the cool boy who is always surrounded by a crowd, but she can only look at him from afar... But one day, while leaving school, she helps out Yanagi-kun's younger brother Haruka without knowing who he was, and it's the start of an unexpected relationship! (Source: Shueisha, translated)
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- Published Feb 2025 – ongoing
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- Ref. BS-M80728 catalog