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“Confident girl pursues scary childhood friend; blushes when alone in this sweet rom-com.”
Karen Ichijou Tempts Him
一条かれんは誘惑する
7.01
9,440 rank · 4,404 readers · 19 favorites
School
Comedy
Romance
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Synopsis
Confident girl pursues scary childhood friend; blushes when alone in this sweet rom-com.
Karen is head over heels in love with her childhood friend, the brusque and fierce-looking Mii-kun. Day after day, she makes amorous advances toward him in hopes of making him her future husband. But when it's just the two of them, she can't help but feel a little nervous...? She's a headstrong queen in front of everyone else, but when faced with the boy she likes, she can't help but turn back into a blushing schoolgirl?! A youthful love comedy that will make your heart pound! (Source: NINO, translated)
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Community consensus
Derived from 2 sampled reviews
8.0
/10
What 2 readers settled on.
100%
recommend
Score distribution
median 8
mode 6
σ 2.00
Agreement
Polarized
σ 2.00 · split reception
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Not enough recommend signal yet
Score over time
↓ 2.00
Running avg · Dec 2020 → Aug 2024
Snap verdicts
· shortest highly-rated reviews
- 10 “It is about childhood friends becoming lovers. The girl is head over heels for him and is aggressive in making him her future husband. The guy is a kuudere (who doesn't like them?). He hides his...”
- 6 “It's a short, kinda cute romcom about childhood friends. My main issue with this manga is that the characters are absolutely unbearable. The female lead is extremely narcissistic while the male...”
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Short · 50%
Medium · 50%
Long · 0%
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A Manga Publication
- Format 7 × 1 ch × vol
- Total read 0h 56m approx
- Published Nov 2018 – Apr 2019
- Source Manga media type
- Ref. BS-M55910 catalog