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となりの信國さんは俺のことが好きな気がする #1
となりの信國さんは俺のことが好きな気がする 1
「こんな青春送りたい!!」と大反響！転校してきた俺に教科書を見せてくれる信國さん。気のせいかもしれないけど、どうも俺のことが好きな気がする。大人しい信國さんなのに恋のアプローチはちょっと大胆で…!? 恋する女子の可愛さは無限大!!じれったい２人の距離が心くすぐる、もどかし青春ラブコメディ！
160 pages, Comic
First published April 28, 2021
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December 1, 2022
Nobukuni has lived her life in a book, but Sasaki, the new transfer student, gets her looking at dating for the first time. With romance on her mind, and precious little else, it’s time for an anthropomorphic sheep to lend a hand. But there may be no helping Nobokuni, and that’s if she even needs it in the first place…
As befits your typical male gaze comedy manga, there’s a lot of a service in this one. Panties, tons of boob jiggle, Nobokuni threatening to pop out of her top at a moment’s notice. The story really leans (first forward, then down, in case you were wondering) into its more prurient side quite a bit.
Which makes it kind of a surprise when it also turns out to be a genuinely funny comedy and consistently so, with a very small dash of heart to boot. Not much, but just enough. If you can’t stand manga being male gaze-y, do not bother, but otherwise this honestly does better than you’d think.
The secret sauce is poor, busty Nobokuni herself, who might be a voracious reader but is nowhere in the realm of what we would call smart. That doesn’t mean she’s not a sweet kid who just wants a boy to like her, but does mean she’s absolutely hopeless at doing so.
Once the story figures out what it wants, which is, at its core, embarassing Nobokuni to death constantly, it basically just lets her go and be as hapless as her personality dictates. By the time she’s asking Sasaki if he knows any good caves I burst out laughing and that’s never not a good sign.
What soon becomes clear is that, happily, Sasaki is just as big an idiot as she is, so the danger of them ever going out is based on them overcoming their mutual cluelessness. There is a hilarious parting shot in one chapter about the entire class’ feelings on this that’s so audience surrogate that it’s legitimately note perfect.
And while this book is having a lot of fun at Nobokuni’s expense, it never feels especially mean, largely because the jokes feel very much based in how dense she is about romance. She just gets very easily flustered and accepts advice from a column written by a sheep, which pretty much says everything right there.
There’s so much good stuff in this book - despite it mostly being an excuse for her bust, Nobokuni is a thicker heroine than we normally get and that’s kind of nice (and only her best friend body shames her, when I was expecting much worse).
The boys and girls in her class are still eating separately and their own interactions are brutally funny as they comment on the proceedings. Some of the dialogue in this book is shockingly well done and savagely realistic in some very silly ways. It has far more than one trick up its sleeve.
And the story knows how to play around with itself - every chapter is based on Nobokuni trying some new advice column tactic to get Sasaki’s attention. Except for one, and the reason she doesn’t in that chapter is that unexpected bit of heart I mentioned before. The revelation is done just right.
Actually, the sense of comic timing in this book is very sharp at times. The book smack from one girlfriend is bang on and another revelation at the end of the last chapter reveals how hopelessly perfect our leads really are for each other. The physical comedy, the dialogue, it’s all blended together well.
4 stars - fan service I don’t care about (or for) aside, I can’t give any less to a story that’s this heartfelt and funny and made me laugh more than I have in a while. These silly ‘a girl and a boy’ comedies can be very hit or miss, but this one gets far more right than I was expecting.
As befits your typical male gaze comedy manga, there’s a lot of a service in this one. Panties, tons of boob jiggle, Nobokuni threatening to pop out of her top at a moment’s notice. The story really leans (first forward, then down, in case you were wondering) into its more prurient side quite a bit.
Which makes it kind of a surprise when it also turns out to be a genuinely funny comedy and consistently so, with a very small dash of heart to boot. Not much, but just enough. If you can’t stand manga being male gaze-y, do not bother, but otherwise this honestly does better than you’d think.
The secret sauce is poor, busty Nobokuni herself, who might be a voracious reader but is nowhere in the realm of what we would call smart. That doesn’t mean she’s not a sweet kid who just wants a boy to like her, but does mean she’s absolutely hopeless at doing so.
Once the story figures out what it wants, which is, at its core, embarassing Nobokuni to death constantly, it basically just lets her go and be as hapless as her personality dictates. By the time she’s asking Sasaki if he knows any good caves I burst out laughing and that’s never not a good sign.
What soon becomes clear is that, happily, Sasaki is just as big an idiot as she is, so the danger of them ever going out is based on them overcoming their mutual cluelessness. There is a hilarious parting shot in one chapter about the entire class’ feelings on this that’s so audience surrogate that it’s legitimately note perfect.
And while this book is having a lot of fun at Nobokuni’s expense, it never feels especially mean, largely because the jokes feel very much based in how dense she is about romance. She just gets very easily flustered and accepts advice from a column written by a sheep, which pretty much says everything right there.
There’s so much good stuff in this book - despite it mostly being an excuse for her bust, Nobokuni is a thicker heroine than we normally get and that’s kind of nice (and only her best friend body shames her, when I was expecting much worse).
The boys and girls in her class are still eating separately and their own interactions are brutally funny as they comment on the proceedings. Some of the dialogue in this book is shockingly well done and savagely realistic in some very silly ways. It has far more than one trick up its sleeve.
And the story knows how to play around with itself - every chapter is based on Nobokuni trying some new advice column tactic to get Sasaki’s attention. Except for one, and the reason she doesn’t in that chapter is that unexpected bit of heart I mentioned before. The revelation is done just right.
Actually, the sense of comic timing in this book is very sharp at times. The book smack from one girlfriend is bang on and another revelation at the end of the last chapter reveals how hopelessly perfect our leads really are for each other. The physical comedy, the dialogue, it’s all blended together well.
4 stars - fan service I don’t care about (or for) aside, I can’t give any less to a story that’s this heartfelt and funny and made me laugh more than I have in a while. These silly ‘a girl and a boy’ comedies can be very hit or miss, but this one gets far more right than I was expecting.
January 30, 2023
Nobukuni is the one to stay for with this series.
February 23, 2023
What can you say about a manga that has a girl who in an effort to be more "normal" gets all of her relationship advice from the "love guru" from a teen magazine? Well, you can say it is somewhat adorable, somewhat cringey, somewhat sweet, and a lot cute.
Bring in Nobukuni's childhood friend who of course is pretty and outgoing want wants to help her friend, throw in a dash of the crush that Nobokuni is trying to attract and you've got a comedy of errors that is just dying to be read.
Will definitely be looking for volume 2 in a few weeks.
Bring in Nobukuni's childhood friend who of course is pretty and outgoing want wants to help her friend, throw in a dash of the crush that Nobokuni is trying to attract and you've got a comedy of errors that is just dying to be read.
Will definitely be looking for volume 2 in a few weeks.
March 20, 2026
I’m not entirely on board with Nodoka’s crush on Sasaki, I can’t see what she sees in him, but it is still very early in the manga so hopefully my opinion changes. I do really like Nodoka’s friendship with the popular(?) girl: Airi, and seeing a flashback to them as little kids.
I’m more curious than eager when it comes to reading this series, but I’m still hopeful for the story o get better for me since the awkwardness of a high school crush is very relatable.
I’m more curious than eager when it comes to reading this series, but I’m still hopeful for the story o get better for me since the awkwardness of a high school crush is very relatable.
February 5, 2023
Solid and cute heartwarming manga about a bookworm girl and her crush on a, currently, somewhat boring guy…. Hopefully further volumes will flesh out his character, home life, and similar such things. A good start.
January 13, 2024
Very good and cute start to a series, I wonder how long this dynamic can keep going like this.
July 3, 2026
Incredibly cute and socially awkward manga that had me giggling with a melting heart from the first to the last page.
August 18, 2023
Such an adorable dork.
What happens when a cute bookworm falls for the new kid? Why, she's gonna research how to flirt from a teen magazine. Thus begins the saga of our clueless heroine.
What happens when a cute bookworm falls for the new kid? Why, she's gonna research how to flirt from a teen magazine. Thus begins the saga of our clueless heroine.
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