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“Lazy junior-high Yamada gains time-jump powers to pursue a hassle-free perfect life.”
Skip! Yamada-kun
スキップ！山田くん
6.92
10,953 rank · 3,792 readers · 21 favorites
Seinen
Time Travel
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Synopsis
Lazy junior-high Yamada gains time-jump powers to pursue a hassle-free perfect life.
Junior high school student Yamada hates bothersome things like studying, eating, and bathing. When he discovers he can jump through time, would he be able to find the way to a perfect life? (Source: Kawa Scanlations)
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Derived from 4 sampled reviews
8.5
/10
What 4 readers settled on.
100%
recommend
Score distribution
median 8.5
mode 8
σ 0.50
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σ 0.50 · scores cluster tight
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Not enough recommend signal yet
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Running avg · Sep 2015 → Feb 2024
Snap verdicts
· shortest highly-rated reviews
- 9 “Tsugumi Ohba’s dark humor and irony shine in this well-conducted story, featuring a protagonist in Yamada who is disturbingly relatable to anyone who has ever been lazy or obsessed with media....”
- 8 “This one-shot offers a poignant exploration of how greed and delusional wishes can cause one to overlook the genuine happiness found in a normal life. While the central theme regarding the...”
- 8 “This one-shot is a standout work that features a dark, compelling time-skipping mechanic and a deeply depressing emotional core that caught me completely off guard. While I found myself wishing for...”
Verbosity
Short · 100%
Medium · 0%
Long · 0%
Read Order & Related
A self-contained story.
No sequels, spin-offs or alternate tellings — Skip! Yamada-kun begins and ends here.
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A One shot Publication
- Format 1 ch ch × vol
- Total read 0h 08m approx
- Published May 2014 – ongoing
- Source One shot media type
- Ref. BS-M27806 catalog