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“Mako wonders if his alluring classmate Sakurai is subtly flirting with him during their after-school time.”
Sakurai-san Wants to Be Noticed
桜井さんは気づいてほしい
7.35
4,661 rank · 21,462 readers · 174 favorites
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School
Comedy
Romance
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Synopsis
Mako wonders if his alluring classmate Sakurai is subtly flirting with him during their after-school time.
Mako spends his afternoons at the classroom, lazying around, studying... That is, provided that his beautiful and enticing friend and classmate Sakurai is not around. Is she coming on to him? Is she saying what he thinks she's saying? Is he allowed to read between the lines? Let's see if Mako gets the big picture she's painting for him! (Source: MangaDex)
What people say
Community consensus
Derived from 13 sampled reviews
7.3
/10
What 13 readers settled on.
100%
recommend
Score distribution
median 8
mode 8
σ 1.54
Agreement
Mostly aligned
σ 1.54 · some divergence
The polarity gap
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Not enough recommend signal yet
Score over time
↓ 0.69
Running avg · Jul 2020 → Dec 2025
Snap verdicts
· shortest highly-rated reviews
- 8 “It's not reinventing the wheel: it's your plain vanilla wholesome school romcom SoL. No frivolous drama, no pointless turnarounds, just boy loves girl, girl loves boy, story progresses in a cute...”
- 8 “This is a super sweet, vanilla, story with damn good art and panelling. That's really all you need to know, there's no drama, there's nothing special, all it is are some damn loveable characters...”
- 7 “It's simply sweet and diabetic. But that's it. Romcon with a straightforward chick and typical school MC, it's passable and decent. Progress is somewhat slow but considering there are only 26...”
Verbosity
Short · 46%
Medium · 54%
Long · 0%
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A Manga Publication
- Format 26 × 4 ch × vol
- Total read 3h 28m approx
- Published Oct 2019 – Feb 2022
- Source Manga media type
- Ref. BS-M52400 catalog