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“Popular Erika unexpectedly falls for dull Kuzumi, discovering his hidden kindness and defying her own reputation.”
Kuzumi-kun, Can't You Read the Room?
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7.54
2,998 rank · 40,916 readers · 616 favorites
Shounen
School
Comedy
Romance
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Synopsis
Popular Erika unexpectedly falls for dull Kuzumi, discovering his hidden kindness and defying her own reputation.
Erika Sakura is her high school's most popular and attractive girl—many guys would love to date her and the girls worship her. For the sake of her reputation, she cannot see herself in a relationship with someone such as her classmate Kuzumi who is lame, boring, and dull. Unfortunately, fascinated with his quirky actions and lifestyle, Erika's mind is filled with Kuzumi and she seems unable to keep her eyes off him. Erika's interest in Kuzumi causes her to see the type of caring person that he really is. As other classmates chime in with curiosity about the school's madonna, events lead to Erika associating with the last person she ever expected to be involved with.Included one-shot: Volume 2, 5: Soga ga Kininaru! (pilot)
What people say
Community consensus
Derived from 25 sampled reviews
7.8
/10
What 25 readers settled on.
86%
recommend
Score distribution
median 9
mode 10
σ 2.19
Agreement
Polarized
σ 2.19 · split reception
The polarity gap
4.7 pts
Recommenders 9.1 · others 4.3
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Score over time
↓ 2.16
Running avg · Oct 2016 → Nov 2025
Snap verdicts
· shortest highly-rated reviews
- 10 “I LOVE LOVE LOVE this manga, honestly its such a sweet rom-com. You really need to follow the story from the start and not stop in the middle to experience the whole story. Some people may feel...”
- 9 “Dude at first, I wasn't expecting much, it looked cheap. But at the beginning, there was some force that kept me reading, it was so easy to read as the art style is simple. The characters also...”
- 10 “A prime example of how romance should be written. It's sweet. It's satisfying. And it makes me wanna smile for the rest of the day. The characters are surprisingly mature for their age. (Which is...”
Verbosity
Short · 44%
Medium · 36%
Long · 20%
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A Manga Publication
- Format 63 × 8 ch × vol
- Total read 8h 24m approx
- Published Mar 2015 – Jun 2019
- Source Manga media type
- Ref. BS-M37913 catalog