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“Ad firm employee Chihiro cares for drunk magazine editor Honna, sparking unexpected romance between beauty and admirer.”
Stray Bullet Baby
ストレイバレットベイベー
6.74
1,933 readers · 3 favorites
Boys Love
Romance
Erotica
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Synopsis
Ad firm employee Chihiro cares for drunk magazine editor Honna, sparking unexpected romance between beauty and admirer.
Chihiro Murakami works at a film advertising firm and looks up to Kiyoharu Honna, the stylish editor of the trendy magazine his company does business with. He's cool, his smile is beautiful, and he's good at his job. But Chihiro hasn't had a chance yet to get close to him. However, one day he ends up looking after a dead-drunk Honna and goes home with him and...!? A selfish beauty and the man wrapped around his finger. (Source: Kodansha USA)
What people say
Community consensus
Derived from 2 sampled reviews
7.5
/10
What 2 readers settled on.
100%
recommend
Score distribution
median 7.5
mode 6
σ 1.50
Agreement
Mostly aligned
σ 1.50 · some divergence
The polarity gap
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Not enough recommend signal yet
Score over time
↑ 1.50
Running avg · Sep 2018 → Jan 2023
Snap verdicts
· shortest highly-rated reviews
- 9 “This is a genuinely cute story that excels through its realistic portrayal of two men navigating their first same-sex relationship with open communication and consent. The narrative is refreshingly...”
- 6 “I thoroughly enjoyed the beautiful art style and the well-paced, complete romance that avoided the rushed feeling common in many BL titles. While the reliance on the "drunk kiss" trope was a minor...”
Verbosity
Short · 100%
Medium · 0%
Long · 0%
Read Order & Related
A self-contained story.
No sequels, spin-offs or alternate tellings — Stray Bullet Baby begins and ends here.
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A Manga Publication
- Format 6 × 1 ch × vol
- Total read 0h 48m approx
- Published Jul 2016 – Jun 2017
- Source Manga media type
- Ref. BS-M41274 catalog