“Miharu loves cute boy Mizutama, who prefers Kawagoe; she struggles to compete with his cuteness and talent.”
Pump Up
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Miharu loves cute boy Mizutama, who prefers Kawagoe; she struggles to compete with his cuteness and talent.
Kayama Miharu enters her new middle school and immediately becomes friends with Mori Mizutama, a very cute guy she first takes to be a girl but is really a boy. However, though Miharu likes Mizutama, she cannot tell him, especially ever since the older Kawagoe (yes, a boy) seems to have taken Mizutama's interest instead. Miharu tries to be cute for Mizutama, but finds it practically impossible, as he is both more talented at home economics and more cute than herself. Then, Mizutama joins the Kawagoe's soccer club instead of the comedy-lovers' club.
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A Manga Publication
- Format 3 × 1 ch × vol
- Total read 0h 24m approx
- Published Jan 2001 – ongoing
- Source Manga media type
- Ref. BS-M1703 catalog