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“Otaku Ikumi rescues a girl on a train and seeks online help to win her heart.”
Train Man: A Shojo Manga
電車男―美女と純情ヲタク青年のネット発ラブストーリー
7.46
3,741 rank · 1,066 readers · 14 favorites
Shoujo
Romance
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Synopsis
Otaku Ikumi rescues a girl on a train and seeks online help to win her heart.
Geeky fanboy Ikumi Saiki has a dream that someday, somehow, he'll finally get a girlfriend. Then one day, on the train home, he rescues a beautiful girl from a troublesome drunk. Now the girl sees the hero inside the otaku—and it appears that Ikumi will finally find romance! But though Ikumi found the courage to save her, will he ever be brave enough to win her heart? Desparate, Ikumi posts an urgent plea on an Internet message board: "Help me with the girl of my dreams!" Ikumi's story ignites the whole online world. Everyone is ready to help Ikumi prove that even an otaku can find true love! (Source: Del Rey)
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8.5
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100%
recommend
Score distribution
median 8.5
mode 8
σ 0.50
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Running avg · Aug 2008 → Aug 2017
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· shortest highly-rated reviews
- 9 “Train man is a fantastic manga, regardless of the fact theres only one volume. Frankly, theres no need to have anymore since if it continued, it would be very boring and dragging.. once you finish...”
- 8 “A journey of a man who thinks he's never capable of having a girlfriend....when one event changed it all! It was a blast reading it, with a few flaws though. Pros: -A great read for the hopeless...”
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A Manga Publication
- Format 5 × 1 ch × vol
- Total read 0h 40m approx
- Published Jun 2005 – ongoing
- Source Manga media type
- Ref. BS-M0418 catalog