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“Love-struck Miku battles dense Kyohei's obliviousness; her prickly charm fails to spark romance.”
Cactus's Secret
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7.44
3,684 rank · 8,656 readers · 52 favorites
Shoujo
School
Comedy
Romance
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Synopsis
Love-struck Miku battles dense Kyohei's obliviousness; her prickly charm fails to spark romance.
Miku Yamada has been in love with Kyohei Fujioka since middle school. She tried so hard to become pretty and finally got close enough to Kyohei. The problem is that Kyohei is a clueless, dense guy who doesn't know what love is! She always tries to show him how she really feels, but fails. Kyohei even calls her a "cactus alien" for being prickly to him, but Miku has her reasons. Kyohei just doesn't get it! Will Kyohei ever find out about Miku's true feelings?! Included one-shots: Volume 3: Sono Saki no Sweet Volume 4: Okosama Brat
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Community consensus
Derived from 5 sampled reviews
9.4
/10
What 5 readers settled on.
100%
recommend
Score distribution
median 10
mode 10
σ 0.80
Agreement
Strong agreement
σ 0.80 · scores cluster tight
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Not enough recommend signal yet
Score over time
↓ 0.60
Running avg · Jun 2008 → Mar 2012
Snap verdicts
· shortest highly-rated reviews
- 10 “I loved this story. It has GREAT pictures and also just a nice. warm, cozy plot. I love shojo but for anybody that wants to read about a girl falling for a friend then this is the story to read.I...”
- 9 “I really liked this manga, despite reading it on a whim. It was a light, enjoyable read with some really interesting characters. Although it is fairly short in my opinion, I really reccomend it if...”
- 10 “when i first saw this manga, i thought this could be another ordinary high school romance, but i was wrong. the story plot is great,a 16 year-old girl trying to get the love of her life but with a...”
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Short · 100%
Medium · 0%
Long · 0%
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A Manga Publication
- Format 20 × 4 ch × vol
- Total read 2h 40m approx
- Published Dec 2003 – Apr 2005
- Source Manga media type
- Ref. BS-M1210 catalog