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“Popular but clumsy Sakurako pines for her oblivious childhood friend Natsuki in a comedic school romance.”
Himegasaki Sakurako Is a Hot Mess
姫ヶ崎櫻子は今日も不憫可愛い
6.6
16,477 rank · 6,448 readers · 18 favorites
Comedy
Romance
Ecchi
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Synopsis
Popular but clumsy Sakurako pines for her oblivious childhood friend Natsuki in a comedic school romance.
Who wouldn't have a thing for Sakurako Himegasaki? With her blonde pigtails, cute demeanor, and buxom body, she draws all of the eyes at school. If only her crush, Natsuki Mimori, saw her as more than his childhood gal pal! Can this loveable loser stop getting into embarrassing situations and finally land the boy of her dreams? (Source: Seven Seas Entertainment)
What people say
Community consensus
Derived from 3 sampled reviews
5.7
/10
What 3 readers settled on.
67%
recommend
Score distribution
median 6
mode 3
σ 2.05
Agreement
Polarized
σ 2.05 · split reception
The polarity gap
4.0 pts
Recommenders 7.0 · others 3.0
Yes
No
Score over time
↑ 2.67
Running avg · Aug 2023 → Apr 2025
Snap verdicts
· shortest highly-rated reviews
- 8 “I fucking love this stupid manga. I think it probably gets a lot of bad rep for having annoying characters but I think their annoyingness is cancelled out by how realistically the characters...”
- 6 “Before starting the actual review first thing i want to say is this manga is stupid and i mean really stupid but despite that its still enjoyable in my opinion. Main character Himegasaki can be...”
- 3 “Himegasaki is so insanely fucking annoying, I realize that's the point and it's supposed to be """cute""" but that doesn't change the fact that I wanna smash her face into the ground and step on...”
Verbosity
Short · 33%
Medium · 67%
Long · 0%
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A Manga Publication
- Published Mar 2020 – ongoing
- Source Manga media type
- Ref. BS-M54122 catalog