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“Only "average" Sakamoto teen struggles with self-image among his stunningly attractive family.”
Family Complex
ファミリー・コンプレックス
7.38
4,524 rank · 4,460 readers · 28 favorites
Shoujo
Comedy
Slice of Life
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Synopsis
Only "average" Sakamoto teen struggles with self-image among his stunningly attractive family.
Meet the Sakamotos...a typical, upper middle class family of six with one peculiar quality-namely, they're all uncannily good-looking! That is, except for one member of the clan-14-year-old Akira. At that awkward stage where teenagers feel out-of-place in general, Akira believes he's average in the looks department, which simply doesn't measure up. How can he be around his family when he feels like he's being judged against them all the time? Will Akira's complex about being "different" cause him to turn away from the people who love him most? (Source: Digital Manga Publishing)
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Derived from 3 sampled reviews
7.7
/10
What 3 readers settled on.
100%
recommend
Score distribution
median 7
mode 7
σ 0.94
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Strong agreement
σ 0.94 · scores cluster tight
The polarity gap
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Not enough recommend signal yet
Score over time
↓ 1.33
Running avg · Aug 2008 → Jan 2010
Snap verdicts
· shortest highly-rated reviews
- 7 “As the first manga Ive ever read, it wasnt terrible. It consists of a boy that has abnormally beautiful family members, which is constantly being compared to his average looks. The story travels...”
- 9 “Family Complex is another of Mikiyo Tsuda's masterpieces which i enjoy to this day :P Published before the parent story "Princess Princess" this Manga focuses on the family of the...”
- 7 “Have you ever felt like the odd one out in your family? Like you are less smart, less pretty, less athletic - anything - than the rest of your family. You don’t have the same qualities as everyone...”
Verbosity
Short · 67%
Medium · 0%
Long · 33%
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A Manga Publication
- Format 6 × 1 ch × vol
- Total read 0h 48m approx
- Published Jan 1999 – Jan 2000
- Source Manga media type
- Ref. BS-M0240 catalog