Ongoing
“Seki plays elaborate desk games unnoticed; Yokoi gets hooked and blamed by teacher.”
My Neighbor Seki
となりの関くん
7.69
1,999 rank · 21,118 readers · 260 favorites
Seinen
School
Comedy
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Synopsis
Seki plays elaborate desk games unnoticed; Yokoi gets hooked and blamed by teacher.
The boy who sits next to Yokoi in class, Seki-kun, is always up to something at his desk. He manages to somehow play very elaborate games without attracting the teacher's attention. From dominos, to shogi, to go, to mecha models, to playing with cats and more, he always has something new to do. Yokoi often finds herself getting reluctantly interested in his games, even though they always seem to end up getting HER in trouble with the teacher! (Source: MU)
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Community consensus
Derived from 6 sampled reviews
7.7
/10
What 6 readers settled on.
100%
recommend
Score distribution
median 8
mode 8
σ 1.80
Agreement
Mostly aligned
σ 1.80 · some divergence
The polarity gap
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Not enough recommend signal yet
Score over time
↓ 0.33
Running avg · Aug 2012 → Aug 2025
Snap verdicts
· shortest highly-rated reviews
- 10 “We’ve all been bored in class before. However seat neighbor Toshinari Seki is a mad lad and goes beyond the normal doodling or sleeping in the back of the class - this kid could find the cure for...”
- 8 “im new to making reviews so forgive me if i make mistakes ^.^ this is like one of those slice of life where it doesnt really have a plot but its funny and interesting so i'll read it anyway its...”
- 8 “Have you ever got bored on class? Probably yes. And you probably tried to do everything but listen to it, setting your own games with what you have in hands. That’s how Seki, the main character,...”
Verbosity
Short · 33%
Medium · 50%
Long · 17%
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A Manga Publication
- Published Jul 2010 – ongoing
- Source Manga media type
- Ref. BS-M16639 catalog