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“After falling for a gentle artist, Iku enrolls at his school—only to find he's replaced by a sleazeball.”
I won't ever like you, My senpai.
好きにならないよ、センパイ
6.77
13,675 rank · 11,564 readers · 42 favorites
Shoujo
School
Romance
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Synopsis
After falling for a gentle artist, Iku enrolls at his school—only to find he's replaced by a sleazeball.
Falling in love with a painting while at a school's festival, Iku is able to meet the gentle high schooler who created it. She falls in love at first sight and with that feeling in her heart, decides to enroll in that high school! But, what happens when she joins the art club and discovers her gentle prince has disappeared and a sleaze ball has taken his place?! (Source: 3SM Scans)
What people say
Community consensus
Derived from 4 sampled reviews
6.0
/10
What 4 readers settled on.
50%
recommend
Score distribution
median 5.5
mode 3
σ 2.74
Agreement
Polarized
σ 2.74 · split reception
The polarity gap
5.0 pts
Recommenders 8.5 · others 3.5
Yes
No
Score over time
↑ 2.00
Running avg · Jul 2016 → May 2020
Snap verdicts
· shortest highly-rated reviews
- 10 “Can't believe it at the end I cry out as after good story, It is really rarely happening, and it was so great. It is so pretty amazing keeping you in action from the beginning, also the both been...”
- 7 “Story 6/10 Art 10/10 Character 5/10 Enjoyment 7/10 Overall 7/10 I have a soft spot for shoujo manga so I tend to be more forgiving of it. I did enjoy reading this manga despite a few issues... The...”
- 3 “A huge dissapointment. It started of well enough with promising characters and the plot seemed fairly interesting but quickly devolved into a shallow story. I might be slightly biased here but the...”
Verbosity
Short · 75%
Medium · 25%
Long · 0%
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A Manga Publication
- Format 17 × 4 ch × vol
- Total read 2h 16m approx
- Published Mar 2015 – Jun 2016
- Source Manga media type
- Ref. BS-M33183 catalog