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“Screwball rom-com "B-Shock!" humorously explores class divide by forcing together mismatched social strata.”
B-Shock
6.94
10,480 rank · 3,312 readers · 16 favorites
Seinen
School
Comedy
Romance
Ecchi
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Synopsis
Screwball rom-com "B-Shock!" humorously explores class divide by forcing together mismatched social strata.
"B-Shock!" is mostly a screwball romantic comedy, a showcase for Nakano's wry sense of humor that does not often show in her work in "Young You". However, "B-Shock!" is also a shrewd commentary on the relationship between the upper and working classes. As much as the Japanese pride themselves as being a homogeneous society, there still exists economic "haves" and "have-nots" as in all industrial societies. What would happen if you force together two people from different social strata who would normally not give each other even a passing glance? (Source: Manga-Sketchbook)
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Community consensus
Derived from 6 sampled reviews
6.0
/10
What 6 readers settled on.
67%
recommend
Score distribution
median 6
mode 6
σ 2.00
Agreement
Polarized
σ 2.00 · split reception
The polarity gap
6.0 pts
Recommenders 8.0 · others 2.0
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Score over time
↓ 2.00
Running avg · Jul 2008 → Oct 2023
Snap verdicts
· shortest highly-rated reviews
- 8 “When I first looked up B-Shock It said it had a rushed/axed ending. I was skeptical because most rushed ending tend to bomb the ending. The story is focus on 2 people placed in an unorthodox...”
- 8 “B-Shock is a surprisingly funny -and silly- romantic comedy. Arata is your regular college student who as many of his classmates admires Hatsune, a beautiful girl who is also a student in his...”
- 6 “You're not getting more than an average romantic comedy with this one. The plot is fairly straightforward and predictable and the characters pretty one-dimensional. Also, the artwork isn't...”
Verbosity
Short · 67%
Medium · 17%
Long · 17%
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A Manga Publication
- Format 52 × 4 ch × vol
- Total read 6h 56m approx
- Published Jan 1999 – Jan 2002
- Source Manga media type
- Ref. BS-M2782 catalog