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“Tokyo transfer student Hotaruko bonds with local boy Hikaru through traditional Owara dance in a small town.”
Tsukikage Baby
月影ベイベ
7.44
3,775 rank · 2,261 readers · 10 favorites
Josei
Drama
Romance
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Synopsis
Tokyo transfer student Hotaruko bonds with local boy Hikaru through traditional Owara dance in a small town.
In a small provincial town filled with a spirit of preservation for a traditional performance art called, "Owara," arrives Hotaruko, a transfer student from Tokyo. When a local boy named Hikaru catches her in an awkward stance in—what was supposed to be—an empty classroom, they form a strange bond. What's more, their bond makes way for an unexpected development...?! (Source: Stiletto Heels)
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Community consensus
Derived from 3 sampled reviews
8.3
/10
What 3 readers settled on.
100%
recommend
Score distribution
median 9
mode 6
σ 1.70
Agreement
Mostly aligned
σ 1.70 · some divergence
The polarity gap
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Not enough recommend signal yet
Score over time
↑ 2.33
Running avg · Apr 2019 → Sep 2020
Snap verdicts
· shortest highly-rated reviews
- 10 “I love every bit of it. or not really, I hate-love how jealousy is vividly portrayed throughout the story. I've only come to realize that this is the same author as Sakamichi no Apollon. As I've...”
- 9 “Tsukikage baby is a manga about a small provincial town and its traditional dance, Kaze-no bon. THe STORY is about Romance and dancing, beginnings and ends, letting go and finding a new home. The...”
- 6 “Tsukikage Baby starts out promising, but quickly lags into boredom when it starts to repeat the same situations, declarations, and rejections over and over again like a skipping record. It reads...”
Verbosity
Short · 33%
Medium · 67%
Long · 0%
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A Manga Publication
- Format 45 × 9 ch × vol
- Total read 6h 00m approx
- Published Nov 2012 – Mar 2017
- Source Manga media type
- Ref. BS-M20578 catalog