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“Cynical Rina learns true friendship from childhood friend Maki during hospitalization in this true story.”
Dear Friends: Rina & Maki
Dear Friends リナ＆マキ
7.45
3,685 rank · 4,642 readers · 29 favorites
Shoujo
Psychological
Drama
Slice of Life
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Synopsis
Cynical Rina learns true friendship from childhood friend Maki during hospitalization in this true story.
There's the affectionless father and the overly affectionate mother, and then there's the beautiful 18 year old high schooler Rina. "Friends are just meant to be used," is what Rina says when she is caught having sex with her friend's boyfriend. Rina has such a low opinion of friends, but when she is hospitalized her classmate from elementary school, Maki, appears before her, wanting to continue their free-of-charge friendship from long ago. In this day and age, just what is the meaning of friendship? A tale of friendship based on a true story, as retold by Yoshi. (Source: StarryHeaven)
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Community consensus
Derived from 3 sampled reviews
8.7
/10
What 3 readers settled on.
100%
recommend
Score distribution
median 9
mode 9
σ 0.47
Agreement
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σ 0.47 · scores cluster tight
The polarity gap
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Not enough recommend signal yet
Score over time
↓ 0.33
Running avg · May 2010 → Aug 2020
Snap verdicts
· shortest highly-rated reviews
- 8 “This manga really has a series of unfortunate events happening to the main character as well as the others. One minute she's a cold hearted jerk who pretty much goes behind her friends back by...”
- 9 “Rina is a beautiful girl who cares little for friends and uses them, believing that since they use her to meet boys, it's alright.Her father is cold, but her mother loves her deeply. However, Rina...”
- 9 “To say the truth, I do not really remember why I haven’t read this story the first time I was reading Yoshi’s works. As always the story explores the human’s deepest desires and emotions. You...”
Verbosity
Short · 33%
Medium · 67%
Long · 0%
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A Manga Publication
- Format 2 × 1 ch × vol
- Total read 0h 16m approx
- Published Jan 2003 – ongoing
- Source Manga media type
- Ref. BS-M4106 catalog