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“Single 27-year-old English teacher forced into omiai with persistent monk demanding she abandon career for temple life.”
From five to nine
5時から9時まで
6.54
17,293 rank · 3,340 readers · 18 favorites
Shoujo
Drama
Romance
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Synopsis
Single 27-year-old English teacher forced into omiai with persistent monk demanding she abandon career for temple life.
Sakuraba Junko is an English teacher at an English Language School in Tokyo. Her dream is to live a fancy and dramatic life abroad, but the reality is that she is 27 years old and still single. Her family forces her into an omiai with Hoshikawa Takane, but Hoshikawa turns out to be a monk at a Buddhist temple, who fully expects his future wife to quit any outside jobs and lead a quiet, proper life, becoming of a monk's wife. Junko is horrified and refuses immediately, but it seems he is not one to back down so easily...
What people say
Community consensus
Derived from 5 sampled reviews
4.6
/10
What 5 readers settled on.
40%
recommend
Score distribution
median 3
mode 1
σ 3.38
Agreement
Polarized
σ 3.38 · split reception
The polarity gap
6.5 pts
Recommenders 8.5 · others 2.0
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Score over time
↓ 2.40
Running avg · Aug 2014 → Sep 2024
Snap verdicts
· shortest highly-rated reviews
- 7 “Aihara Mikis 5-ji kara 9-ji made is one of those manga where you think it starts our pretty decent enough and then suddenly one scene or one action one of the characters commits, makes you question...”
- 10 “This manga is wild. It's my favourite guilty pleasure read of all time. Technically speaking it's not a very good story, but if you shut your brain off this is the brightest, most brilliant...”
- 2 “This is the classic manga "if you know anyone like this, call the cops." there is no way it is or will be a good relationship. This is also the lame type of plot that always is trying to convince...”
Verbosity
Short · 40%
Medium · 40%
Long · 20%
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A Manga Publication
- Format 106 × 16 ch × vol
- Total read 14h 08m approx
- Published Jul 2009 – Mar 2020
- Source Manga media type
- Ref. BS-M11369 catalog