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ニセコイ [Nisekoi] #4
Nisekoi: False Love, Vol. 4: Making Sure
Love triangle! Comedic antics!! Gang warfare?! You won’t want to miss out on Weekly Shonen Jump's laugh-out-loud feel-good manga series!
192 pages, Kindle Edition
First published November 2, 2012
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July 9, 2014
The more I think about this series, the more it annoys me. I know, I know. It's shounen, so what was I expecting? The gags, the humor, it's all well and fine. But, there is zero progression. Zero. At least in a shoujo romance, you get somewhere. The tsundere character comes around, whatever, but here, it's like a reset button is pressed at every chapter.
That said, it's still a fun read. I just can't expect too much as far as any actual plot progression.
That said, it's still a fun read. I just can't expect too much as far as any actual plot progression.
June 26, 2018
Why does every girl like Raku and his heart beats for every one of them too?! Ugh. When is this going to get a bit more interesting rather than a harem fest over Raku *rolls eyes
Sorry, i was a bit harsh. I like Chitoge (albeit her tsundere attitude can get on the nerves...) but why can't they just be together?? Hehe, I guess I don't know much about non-cliche storytelling :P
Sorry, i was a bit harsh. I like Chitoge (albeit her tsundere attitude can get on the nerves...) but why can't they just be together?? Hehe, I guess I don't know much about non-cliche storytelling :P
December 1, 2016
So full of:
Exciting, hilarious, shocking and great.
Exciting, hilarious, shocking and great.
May 9, 2024
3.5⭐️
August 28, 2014
What!! Another girl! He's up to four now! But, his responses always seem so genuine. And the "blonde gorilla" birthday was a priceless comedic choice. I really like the growing chain of observers that contribute to every date, I wonder, how far the author will be able to push this theme as the dates continue though out the series.
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August 3, 2014
How many can there be?! LOL
February 16, 2019
Un tomo lleno de descubrimientos y sobre todo te mantiene enganchado a su trama.
Y algo que también me esta gustando que hace que el lector quiera saber respuestas y descubrir quien es la chica de la promesa
Y algo que también me esta gustando que hace que el lector quiera saber respuestas y descubrir quien es la chica de la promesa
January 6, 2022
Still just ok. We're not getting much character progression, but we are getting plenty of new characters. The art is cute as well, and most of the humor is actually funny, though some are eyeroll worthy.
April 11, 2020
This volume was so over the top ridiculous but also extremely funny.
July 6, 2021
This new girl do be annoying the shit out of me
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January 23, 2022I wonder how terrible of a memory you have to have to forget that you had promised with four different girls lmao
September 8, 2023
Den Plottwist habe ich mal gar nicht kommen sehen: fssssch
Aber mega guter Band, super lustig!
Aber mega guter Band, super lustig!
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November 17, 2017
Even for a series of this type, this series moves at a g l a c i a l pace. I really should drop it, but I won't, because I don't make good decisions
September 9, 2014
~4/5
[Read more at my blog, Geeky Reading!]
(Contains a minor spoiler.)
If you’re looking for a legitimately good harem series, this is a good one to try. The characters themselves are worth it, which is just so nice.
The lock and key situation is actually heating up, surprisingly enough. There’s a confrontation of sorts between Ichijo and Onodera, and then between Ichijo and Chitoge which actually ends with a broken key. And then, with neither of them realizing that the other girl might be the key holder, a new girl is introduced, as Ichijo’s fiancé.
This just makes things even more complicated. I don’t think I’m a big fan of the new girl, because she seems a little manipulative and gives me a bad feeling, but also because I’m already set on voting for Onodera or Chitoge.
I’m not even sure who the actual key holder is anymore, and now I’m wondering, whichever two it’s not, where their keys came from. I think I want it to be Onodera, but I’m not sure. It’s sounding more definitely like it’s the fiancé, but I’m not fully convinced yet.
This series is surprisingly capturing. It’s easy to want to pick up the next volume when it’s released, and while the girls are multiplying and the lock and key situation is getting complicated, it’s still a very funny and cute series. The characters are all very easy to like, and different from each other. This series is doing fluffy harem very well.
[Read more at my blog, Geeky Reading!]
(Contains a minor spoiler.)
If you’re looking for a legitimately good harem series, this is a good one to try. The characters themselves are worth it, which is just so nice.
The lock and key situation is actually heating up, surprisingly enough. There’s a confrontation of sorts between Ichijo and Onodera, and then between Ichijo and Chitoge which actually ends with a broken key. And then, with neither of them realizing that the other girl might be the key holder, a new girl is introduced, as Ichijo’s fiancé.
This just makes things even more complicated. I don’t think I’m a big fan of the new girl, because she seems a little manipulative and gives me a bad feeling, but also because I’m already set on voting for Onodera or Chitoge.
I’m not even sure who the actual key holder is anymore, and now I’m wondering, whichever two it’s not, where their keys came from. I think I want it to be Onodera, but I’m not sure. It’s sounding more definitely like it’s the fiancé, but I’m not fully convinced yet.
This series is surprisingly capturing. It’s easy to want to pick up the next volume when it’s released, and while the girls are multiplying and the lock and key situation is getting complicated, it’s still a very funny and cute series. The characters are all very easy to like, and different from each other. This series is doing fluffy harem very well.
September 5, 2017
Keys keys keys keys! And too many promises. Oooh, this is getting kind of twisty. And another surprise ending - NOT what you expect.
I'm starting to see how this storyline carries out through so many volumes...!
I'm starting to see how this storyline carries out through so many volumes...!
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July 13, 2014This series is pretty silly/cliche/fan-service-y, but I enjoy it a lot. Particularly the occasional ugly face close-ups.
June 3, 2015
I wish Chitoge would stop beating Raku up...but I suppose then it wouldn't be the same.
And...hey, new girl? Hands off.
And...hey, new girl? Hands off.
May 27, 2015
What the hell is happening??? This is getting crazy!
March 1, 2018
Holy heck...
I've lost track of how many love interests there are for the main dude now.
Like seriously. I lost count. At least they're all drawn differently though.
I've lost track of how many love interests there are for the main dude now.
Like seriously. I lost count. At least they're all drawn differently though.
May 3, 2025
Volume 4 of Nisekoi left me with mixed feelings—an experience that wavered between endearing character work and increasingly absurd narrative spirals. On the one hand, there’s genuine progress in the central relationship. The emotional distance between Raku and Chitoge is slowly, almost tenderly closing, and I really appreciated how subtly this was portrayed. Their decision at the end of the last volume to address each other by their first names has clearly left a mark: the bickering remains, but there’s now a subtle familiarity between them. One moment that stood out was when Chitoge finds a sleeping photo of herself at Raku’s place. Instead of her signature rage explosion, she responds calmly. Even when she does lose her temper—like when she finds Raku in a compromising position with Marika—she later reflects on her overreaction and even considers apologizing. It’s a significant shift from the impulsive, hot-headed girl we met early on.
Raku, too, is changing. His attitude toward Chitoge is softening in tangible ways—he even defends her when Marika disparages her. And while he’s clearly still aware that his relationship with Chitoge is staged, his behavior with Marika remains notably more guarded. The highlight of this development comes when Raku and Chitoge talk about their pasts, and he finally tries her key on his pendant. Of course, in classic rom-com fashion, the key breaks before we get an answer—a transparent move to prolong the mystery—but it at least serves to show how far both characters have come in terms of being transparent and trusting. The humor in this volume also hit consistently well. I particularly enjoyed the date scene with Marika, where the rest of the cast goes full covert-ops mode: Ruri and Kosaki disguised as secret agents with newspapers, Seishirou dressed so femininely that Raku nearly fails to recognize her (much to her own chagrin). There’s a wonderful visual gag when Raku adamantly refuses to study at McDonald’s—cut to the next panel and he’s already there, because Shu casually mentioned Kosaki was coming too. And the silent exchange of glances between Ruri and Kosaki? Brilliant.
But then comes the plot. This volume pushes the core mystery to the edge of self-parody. Raku spends most of the volume obsessing over whether Chitoge or Kosaki is the girl from his past. His father casually drops that he knew Chitoge as a child. Now both girls have keys. Nobody remembers anything, yet they all vaguely do. And just when you think the story can’t twist itself any further, another girl with a key appears—Marika. Who, apparently, also received a promise. Ten years ago. For marriage. And Raku’s father just forgot to mention that part. At some point, it stops feeling like a love triangle and starts to resemble a clown car of childhood promises. The credibility of the narrative is now deeply strained. We’ve gone beyond suspension of disbelief into full-blown narrative chaos. Everyone has amnesia, everyone’s past is relevant, and none of it is grounded in anything but the need to keep adding new variables. Worse, Marika isn’t introduced through organic storytelling—she’s dropped into the plot as the daughter of the police chief, making it clear that Raku’s “relationship” with her is driven by external pressure and the threat of authority. The early charm of the Yakuza subplot worked because it felt thematically coherent; now, with the police force involved and every girl wielding a symbolic key, it just feels bloated.
Narratively, the characters have lost agency. They’re no longer moving the story forward; the story is dragging them along, reacting to one manufactured twist after another. Every conflict now seems to stem from either arbitrary memory lapses or situational coercion—and both devices are wearing thin. There’s still warmth and humor, and the core cast continues to offer moments of sincerity and charm. But unless the story reins itself in, I fear we’re heading toward a plot so entangled in its own convolutions that the emotional weight will get lost entirely. No more keys. No more forgotten daughters of influential families. Please. The story was at its best when it focused on one complicated fake relationship, not five parallel origin mysteries. Let’s see if Volume 5 can pull this back from the edge.
Raku, too, is changing. His attitude toward Chitoge is softening in tangible ways—he even defends her when Marika disparages her. And while he’s clearly still aware that his relationship with Chitoge is staged, his behavior with Marika remains notably more guarded. The highlight of this development comes when Raku and Chitoge talk about their pasts, and he finally tries her key on his pendant. Of course, in classic rom-com fashion, the key breaks before we get an answer—a transparent move to prolong the mystery—but it at least serves to show how far both characters have come in terms of being transparent and trusting. The humor in this volume also hit consistently well. I particularly enjoyed the date scene with Marika, where the rest of the cast goes full covert-ops mode: Ruri and Kosaki disguised as secret agents with newspapers, Seishirou dressed so femininely that Raku nearly fails to recognize her (much to her own chagrin). There’s a wonderful visual gag when Raku adamantly refuses to study at McDonald’s—cut to the next panel and he’s already there, because Shu casually mentioned Kosaki was coming too. And the silent exchange of glances between Ruri and Kosaki? Brilliant.
But then comes the plot. This volume pushes the core mystery to the edge of self-parody. Raku spends most of the volume obsessing over whether Chitoge or Kosaki is the girl from his past. His father casually drops that he knew Chitoge as a child. Now both girls have keys. Nobody remembers anything, yet they all vaguely do. And just when you think the story can’t twist itself any further, another girl with a key appears—Marika. Who, apparently, also received a promise. Ten years ago. For marriage. And Raku’s father just forgot to mention that part. At some point, it stops feeling like a love triangle and starts to resemble a clown car of childhood promises. The credibility of the narrative is now deeply strained. We’ve gone beyond suspension of disbelief into full-blown narrative chaos. Everyone has amnesia, everyone’s past is relevant, and none of it is grounded in anything but the need to keep adding new variables. Worse, Marika isn’t introduced through organic storytelling—she’s dropped into the plot as the daughter of the police chief, making it clear that Raku’s “relationship” with her is driven by external pressure and the threat of authority. The early charm of the Yakuza subplot worked because it felt thematically coherent; now, with the police force involved and every girl wielding a symbolic key, it just feels bloated.
Narratively, the characters have lost agency. They’re no longer moving the story forward; the story is dragging them along, reacting to one manufactured twist after another. Every conflict now seems to stem from either arbitrary memory lapses or situational coercion—and both devices are wearing thin. There’s still warmth and humor, and the core cast continues to offer moments of sincerity and charm. But unless the story reins itself in, I fear we’re heading toward a plot so entangled in its own convolutions that the emotional weight will get lost entirely. No more keys. No more forgotten daughters of influential families. Please. The story was at its best when it focused on one complicated fake relationship, not five parallel origin mysteries. Let’s see if Volume 5 can pull this back from the edge.
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November 28, 2019
Review of volumes 1-4
This is another series I picked up solely because I found several volumes together at the library, and it's usually hard to actually disappoint me with these scenarios: I just have to take the descriptions at face value, and this one had a pretty straightforward shounen base, so I wasn't expecting a masterpiece: teen boy, son of yakuza, must pretend to date teen girl, daughter of gangster, so their respective gangs won't fight. Boy and girl dislike each other, and boy has a crush on a classmate that he now can't act on. Also, he has a locket from a childhood crush and hopes to meet that girl again.
Like I said, nothing about this screamed masterpiece, but I'm still let down.
At first, it's okay. Girl and boy can't stand each other, only to be pushed together as a fake couple by their dads--heads of opposing gangs--because if they "date," their gang members will stop fighting. Of course, besides the fact that the teens can barely stand each other, there's also the added tension of the boy's crush on a classmate...who might also be the girl he made a promise with 10 years ago (whose face he can't remember, of course), who holds the key to a locket he carries with him at all times. The tension between these elements, plus suspicious gang members, works for a while.
Then we start adding details: boy and girl get a bit friendly. Girl confesses to select classmates that they're only fake dating--and select classmates include the boy's crush (who also has a crush on him). Okay so far.
Then girl has a teen bodyguard show up, and said bodyguard is At this point I rolled my eyes, but hey, shounen series. Wasn't expecting a harem series. And THEN, in the 4th volumes-the FOURTH. of 25--we meet
So if you're keeping track, that's 4 loves interests in 4 volumes. And they're all so boring. The most interesting character is the original fake-dating girl: a half-American teen dealing with some culture shock, and the fake dating thing, who gets a little bit of depth. But each character thereafter introduced is, honestly, pure boring.
Oh, here we have a teen assassin undone by having a crush. Oh, here we have a shy girl. Oh, here we have . Also, they're all like 15.
It's just...boring. Which should almost be impossible with the amount of shenanigans going on, but it can't decide if it wants to focus more on building up existing characters, having fun fake dating hijinks, or building up a harem. And by not committing to one way, it fails at everything.
This is another series I picked up solely because I found several volumes together at the library, and it's usually hard to actually disappoint me with these scenarios: I just have to take the descriptions at face value, and this one had a pretty straightforward shounen base, so I wasn't expecting a masterpiece: teen boy, son of yakuza, must pretend to date teen girl, daughter of gangster, so their respective gangs won't fight. Boy and girl dislike each other, and boy has a crush on a classmate that he now can't act on. Also, he has a locket from a childhood crush and hopes to meet that girl again.
Like I said, nothing about this screamed masterpiece, but I'm still let down.
At first, it's okay. Girl and boy can't stand each other, only to be pushed together as a fake couple by their dads--heads of opposing gangs--because if they "date," their gang members will stop fighting. Of course, besides the fact that the teens can barely stand each other, there's also the added tension of the boy's crush on a classmate...who might also be the girl he made a promise with 10 years ago (whose face he can't remember, of course), who holds the key to a locket he carries with him at all times. The tension between these elements, plus suspicious gang members, works for a while.
Then we start adding details: boy and girl get a bit friendly. Girl confesses to select classmates that they're only fake dating--and select classmates include the boy's crush (who also has a crush on him). Okay so far.
Then girl has a teen bodyguard show up, and said bodyguard is At this point I rolled my eyes, but hey, shounen series. Wasn't expecting a harem series. And THEN, in the 4th volumes-the FOURTH. of 25--we meet
So if you're keeping track, that's 4 loves interests in 4 volumes. And they're all so boring. The most interesting character is the original fake-dating girl: a half-American teen dealing with some culture shock, and the fake dating thing, who gets a little bit of depth. But each character thereafter introduced is, honestly, pure boring.
Oh, here we have a teen assassin undone by having a crush. Oh, here we have a shy girl. Oh, here we have . Also, they're all like 15.
It's just...boring. Which should almost be impossible with the amount of shenanigans going on, but it can't decide if it wants to focus more on building up existing characters, having fun fake dating hijinks, or building up a harem. And by not committing to one way, it fails at everything.
October 13, 2024
Raku reminates on the promise he made when he was five to a girl he played with for a month. He realizes that his fake girlfriend and his crush both have keys to his locket. Fake girlfriend insists on putting her key in Raku's locket at her sweet 16 birthday party. The next day the locket is seen being repaired. Raku's father tells him about the little girl that Raku made the promise to and there's a photo that shows the little girl he made the promise to. Raku searches frantically for the photo. He finds the photo and comes to a realization. The next day at school a new pretty female transfer student introduces herself to the class. She sees Raku and immediately clings to him and insists they go on a date. They go on a date where the girls in his harem spy on his every move. He tells this girl that he has a girlfriend and doesn't want to date her. The girl asks him to break up with his girlfriend. The action and comedy made for a fast read. My favorite character is turning out to be the Mistress's bodyguard who has a secret crush on Raku.
(4.5 stars)(May 20, 2024)
(4.5 stars)(May 20, 2024)
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December 11, 2022
Okay, so I already finished the 5th and 6th volume, so I had to look back to get my thoughts in order...
Hmmm....
Tsugumi gets a love letter, blah blah blah — she's tots in love with Raku — aren't they all?
Then it's Chitoge's birthday, lalala — Raku's gift is so adorable💕😍
Oh yes, Mari comes! Ick. I don't like her. Anyhoooooooo
"I want you to break up with your girlfriend."
Nice, okay, ONWARDS!!!
Hmmm....
Tsugumi gets a love letter, blah blah blah — she's tots in love with Raku — aren't they all?
Then it's Chitoge's birthday, lalala — Raku's gift is so adorable💕😍
Oh yes, Mari comes! Ick. I don't like her. Anyhoooooooo
"I want you to break up with your girlfriend."
Nice, okay, ONWARDS!!!
April 29, 2019
Annnnd Marika has just entered the scene. She's such a pain. At least Chitoge starts to like Raku properly about now. And the plot does thicken with the picture from ten years ago, at least. Honestly not sure how this stretches out to 25 volumes. I mean, I would get ten or fifteen, but geez. 4 stars.
March 4, 2017
Raaahhh cette série est tellement bien !! J'adore tous les personnages et tout particulièrement Raku qui est vraiment extra, quelqu'un de très gentil. Le mystère autour de la promesse continue de s'épaissir... J'ai hâte de lire la suite !
February 22, 2018
Tsugumi 😆😆 And every girl head over heels to Raku Ichijou here 😂😂😂
June 8, 2018
This series is just so much fun. I really enjoyed this volume in particular, as it gets more and more complicated. Really want to know what happens next.
October 3, 2018
This series just keeps getting sillier and more harem-ish. It definitely doesn't pass the Bechdel test.
January 3, 2019
3.5 stars
I HATE MARIKA TACHIBANA. chitoge is the only girl who holds my heart 😍😍😍
that is all.
I HATE MARIKA TACHIBANA. chitoge is the only girl who holds my heart 😍😍😍
that is all.
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April 5, 2019
3.5/5
Solid volume but could’ve finished it two days ago and didn’t, so took me out of the story a bit. Will continue on when I’m in mood for it again :)
Solid volume but could’ve finished it two days ago and didn’t, so took me out of the story a bit. Will continue on when I’m in mood for it again :)
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