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“Yamato moves into a girls' dorm, falls for track star Suzuka, and joins the team to win her heart.”
Suzuka
涼風
7.88
1,304 rank · 52,146 readers · 1,848 favorites
Shounen
School
Comedy
Drama
Romance
Sports
Ecchi
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Synopsis
Yamato moves into a girls' dorm, falls for track star Suzuka, and joins the team to win her heart.
Easygoing and energetic Yamato Akitsuki is ready to start his high school life in Tokyo. Having been invited by his aunt to stay rent-free at her housing complex, he unhesitatingly accepts her offer. But unbeknownst to him, the boarding house is actually an all-girls dormitory. Upon visiting his new school, Yamato catches sight of a girl training for the high jump. Amazed by her athletic ability and beauty, he yearns to learn more about her. To his fortune, this girl, Suzuka Asahina, lives right next door to him—but all of their encounters thus far has given Suzuka a bad impression of him. In spite of the constant misunderstandings, Yamato still joins the track team with the intent of impressing her and soon discovers he has the potential to become a top hundred-meter sprinter. With friendship, and possibly love on the line, Yamato trains his heart out in order to win over the girl he loves.
What people say
Community consensus
Derived from 40 sampled reviews
7.6
/10
What 40 readers settled on.
84%
recommend
Score distribution
median 8.5
mode 9
σ 2.59
Agreement
Polarized
σ 2.59 · split reception
The polarity gap
6.5 pts
Recommenders 8.8 · others 2.3
Yes
No
Score over time
↓ 2.40
Running avg · Aug 2007 → Feb 2023
Snap verdicts
· shortest highly-rated reviews
- 10 “this is one of the best mangas around, it has a great story, and awesome art. really feels like your in the story. it pulls u in and u just cant help rooting for yamato to be with suzuka and it is...”
- 9 “At first i thought this was going to be like any ordinary romance manga. In a way it is but every single chapter is good and it gets better the more you read it. The story is really good because it...”
- 9 “I originally was gonna give Suzuka an Overall of 8, because it's really good, but I thought about it for a second and realized that it was very enjoyable, and for me, it deserved a 9. It's a great...”
Verbosity
Short · 35%
Medium · 50%
Long · 15%
Read Order & Related
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A Manga Publication
- Format 171 × 18 ch × vol
- Total read 22h 48m approx
- Published Feb 2004 – Sep 2007
- Source Manga media type
- Ref. BS-M0417 catalog