Ongoing
“Drinking buddies Kaho and Akira deny romance until a one-night stand complicates their relationship.”
Stomp, Kick, Love
踏んだり、蹴ったり、愛したり
7.17
7,004 rank · 4,033 readers · 33 favorites
Adult Cast
Romance
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Synopsis
Drinking buddies Kaho and Akira deny romance until a one-night stand complicates their relationship.
What's the best way to relax after a hard day's work? If you ask Kaho, it's to kick back and relax at a bar with her best drinking bro, Akira. Sure, everyone around her thinks he's pretty hot, but he smokes, gets in fights, and is a bit of a playboy—so definitely not boyfriend material. But when one thing leads to another and she wakes up in his bed one morning, it makes it infinitely harder to deny that there is absolutely nothing between them... (Source: Yen Press)
What people say
Community consensus
Derived from 3 sampled reviews
5.3
/10
What 3 readers settled on.
50%
recommend
Score distribution
median 6
mode 2
σ 2.49
Agreement
Polarized
σ 2.49 · split reception
The polarity gap
6.0 pts
Recommenders 8.0 · others 2.0
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Score over time
↓ 2.67
Running avg · Sep 2023 → Sep 2025
Snap verdicts
· shortest highly-rated reviews
- 8 “I'm writing this while 13 chapters are realeased, for now this manga looks very promising. It will definetly not please everyone, the main guy does a lot of shit that would get him into prison in...”
- 2 “How did this even get a high rating? Lol. I'm okay with a toxic romance (even more if it's a messed-up one), but this was creepy and disgusting. First of all, the guy had been targeting the girl...”
- 6 “First of all this story is definitely going to have a mixed reception cause both Akira and Kaho are unsure of what they want but they both have these feelings for each other which they both don't...”
Verbosity
Short · 67%
Medium · 33%
Long · 0%
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A Manga Publication
- Published Feb 2021 – ongoing
- Source Manga media type
- Ref. BS-M62530 catalog