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Fed up with being hopelessly single, high schooler Erika makes up a boyfriend to fit in. When her lies start to unravel, her schoolmate Kyoya offers to be her pretend boyfriend—for a price. With no other choice, Erika finds herself at the mercy of a blackhearted prince! But is Kyoya truly as blackhearted as he seems?

Kyoya goes full sadist mode when he’s tasked with tutoring Erika’s little cousin Lena, a headstrong, smart-aleck middle schooler. But Lena appreciates Kyoya’s tough love approach, and later, when he saves her from a scrape in a bookstore, she suddenly finds herself head over heels! How will Kyoya and Erika get out of this one?!

216 pages, Paperback

First published September 25, 2013

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Ayuko Hatta

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Also known as 八田 鮎子

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549 reviews18 followers
November 10, 2024
DNF

I couldn't get into this volume like the others. I will probably read vol 8 just because I already own it but I will not read anymore.
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506 reviews79 followers
November 14, 2014
There's new character appears here. It's Erika's cousin - Rena-chan.
Rena-chan is so annoying. She wants to steal Kyouya-kun from Erika!! ぷんぷん

But I'm glad that Kyouya says straightly to her that he has no interested in her and that he doesn't want to live Erika.
He's so sweet!! I love him!!
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Profile Image for Anesha †Curious & Obsessive Bookworm†.
427 reviews162 followers
January 12, 2015
It's manga.

So OBVIOUSLY I'm gonna love it unconditionally <3



Sadistic boyfriend, with a masochist girlfriend never felt so wrong, yet so good at the same time. I love how Kyouya (who is sexy in glasses *___*) is slowly changing. And even though he can be a jerk most times, the little stuff he does makes it worth it. Ha - guess am a masochist for this huh. Plus the comedy is awesome lol.
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365 reviews16 followers
November 3, 2020
The school festival chapter was pretty cute with Kusabe and Edano. However; I found the succeeding chapters with the Rena storyline kinda meh and unnecessary. But if I were to say one good thing about it, it is that it was nice to see Kyoya really starting to treasure his relationship with Erika. Other than that I am ready for this bad arc to be over. 🤷🏻‍♂️
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38 reviews5 followers
September 6, 2018
Got progressively better than volume 6. Still a bit annoying at times, but not the worst thing.

Curios to see how volume 8 will span out.
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98 reviews1 follower
May 28, 2024
Toujours aussi fan de histoire en revanche j’ai détesté la cousine de Erika 😡
Profile Image for Sharlene.
90 reviews10 followers
April 2, 2018
La situación con la prima de Erika me desesperó mucho, pero estoy amando demasiado como Kyouya está cambiando. Recién noté que Marin y Teduka dejaron de salir mucho y ahora solo las ponen en el fondo haciendo comentarios odiosos. Ya sabía que eran unas odiosas pero ahora se nota más lmao. Tengo un crush fuerte con San-chan aaaaaaah, la quiero mucho y Takeru es un sol con piernitas, me gustaría que terminaran juntos esos dos :(
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2,076 reviews
January 19, 2024
Wow. There is no shortage of interfering characters here. Surprisingly Kamiya hits it on the nose guessing that Erika's cousin will be trouble, especially as Erika is just as oblivious and overly kind as always. Not that either of them are really all that subtle. Kyouya isn't exactly known for holding back either, though he does tend to ignore things unless he's forced to be involved, at least unless it's something that starts obviously bothering Erika, then he's got a surprising protective streak. Hard to decide if it's all amusing at this point or just tiring.
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2,495 reviews21 followers
December 12, 2024
I didn’t love this volume. I’m over his lack of feeling engaged in his relationship with gf. Like if you don’t like her or want to spend time with her why are you dating? It’s hard for me to believe he actually cares about her and the introduction of her rival eye roll. Not tur Ed off enough to stop but I really wish there had been more of his bad behavior before they got together and when they are together he is loyal.
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147 reviews
March 10, 2025
*Eye twitching*
If anyone (cousin included) said "hey I'm going to try to split up you and your significant other, hope your okay with that!" I would gorilla glue their toes together in their sleep because WHAT?!
And for the MFC to just say "Yeah! I'll battle you!" 🥴🥴 (other that that this probably would have been a 3 star because it was sweet until what ever the heck that little cousin thing was....)
Profile Image for d★.
331 reviews14 followers
February 27, 2023
le iba a poner 4⭐️ PERO la aparición de la prima de erika hizo muy muy muy incómodo de leer este volumen; entiendo que es una niña pero el que se haya encaprichado con kyoya (quien es obviamente mayor que ella) lo hizo demasiado desagradable de leer

[+] lo único salvable fue el mini arco de navidad <3333
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2,515 reviews38 followers
May 23, 2024
First it's the cultural festival and then we're on to exams and poor Kyoya was pressured by Erika to tutor her... and her younger cousin who (kinda predictably) caught feelings for him.

It's... a bit wonky what happens after (because common sense says to shut that down asap) but Erika is (as Kyoya puts it) an idiot.

This series has 16 volumes.
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1,462 reviews152 followers
July 11, 2024
I love this series it's quickly growing on me as the relationship between Erika and Sata grows. They still have a ton of issues but they are figuring it out slowly. I love that the relationship is growing and we are seeing more from Sata to make Erika happy. This is a sweet romance and I'm enjoying every moment of it. I can't wait for the next one to arrive.
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1,367 reviews3 followers
September 21, 2017
The Rena chan arc was a bit too obvious for my taste. However I love how Kyouya and Erika are growing in this relationship together. How Kyouya is finally becoming more honest with himself regarding his feelings and how they are both trying their best for this relationship. It is heartwarming♡
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627 reviews7 followers
May 7, 2024
The new character alert is erika's cousin, who started to have feelings for her boyfriend. Now, she is trying to steal her away from erika.

Overall, it's nice to see kyoya really started to treasure his relationship with erika
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206 reviews
November 15, 2024
I wish I could rate this 5 stars like I have for the other books, but this one made me feel like the author was running out of ideas for the story. It may get better though, so I’m going to keep reading the series.
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544 reviews
November 10, 2025
Hehehe, da kommt eine Rivalin auf Erika zu - das ganze wird sicherlich noch ganz witzig, wobei das Ende natürlich komplett vorhersehbar ist. Aber wie Erika reagiert, ist dennoch immer sehr witzig anzusehen.
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November 19, 2023
Nothing much. I still like him tho.. Happy birthday Walle!!!!
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108 reviews4 followers
March 5, 2024
2.5 I don't know why I keep thinking this will get better.
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2,970 reviews15 followers
May 11, 2024
Oooo Erika’s little middle school cousin starts hanging around and starts crushing on Kyoya… I really wish Erika would’ve just put her in her place instead of egging it on…
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