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Kirai  
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Description
He seduces girls, gets them and then dumps them. He specializes in the one-night-stand. He has no interest in love or romance. Dating someone would be a pain. This terrible guy, Hanada Shintarou, is nevertheless, extremely popular. But then he meets a girl who might just be the one who can change him and his low opinion of women. The only problem is that she despises him!

Type
Manga

Related Series
N/A

Associated Names
可人兒

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Latest Release(s)
v.9 c.38 by Hakairei (296d ago)
v.9 c.37 by Hakairei (321d ago)
v.8 c.36 by Hakairei (476d ago)
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Status in Country of Origin
10 Volumes 1998 (Complete)
5 Volumes 2006 (Complete)

Completely Scanlated?
No

Anime Start/End Chapter
N/A

User Reviews
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Forum
1 topics, 8 posts
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User Rating
Average: 8.5 / 10.0 (235 votes)
Bayesian Average: 8.31 / 10.0
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Last Updated
October 8th 2012, 10:06am PST

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Genre
Comedy  Drama  Mature  Romance  School Life  Shoujo 
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Author(s)
MIURA Noriko

Artist(s)
MIURA Noriko

Year
1998

Original Publisher
Kodansha

Serialized In (magazine)
Dessert (Kodansha)

Licensed (in English)
No

English Publisher
N/A

Activity Stats (vs. other series)
Weekly Pos #792 increased(+177)
Monthly Pos #1186 increased(+305)
3 Month Pos #1556 increased(+104)
6 Month Pos #1675 increased(+15)

List Stats
On 909 reading lists
On 468 wish lists
On 92 completed lists
On 62 unfinished lists
On 192 custom lists

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Forum Posts
Who do you think Hanada will choose?(Beware may have Spoilers...) 162 days, 2 hours, 19 minutes ago

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 Very interesting   
Rating: N/A
by Kevadu
April 24th, 2008, 3:02pm
The premise has been done (poorly) a million times before in shoujo manga so I didn't have high hopes when I started this series. Fortunately, I was quite pleasantly surprised. The story focuses on the interaction between player Hanada and the headstrong Matsumoto, but it does not degenerate into cheap romance (At least not yet...I've only read one volume so far). Rather, their relationship is complex and interesting. As more is revealed about Hanada's history and personality you begin to understand that his actions are not as random or whimsical as they first appear. For her part, Matsumoto manages to become more understanding without sacrificing her pride or dignity.

I'm not really sure why this is listed as 'smut'. Maybe it gets smuttier later on, but while the first volume does have a couple sex scenes they are brief, not very detailed, and certainly not the focus of the manga.

The weakest point of this manga is the artwork. Characters are drawn crudely and backgrounds are often simple or nonexistent. Still, I can easily overlook mediocre artwork if there is a good story and interesting characters, and on that count Kirai delivers.
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 entertaining if not life-changing   
Rating: N/A
by aidygiz1
June 6th, 2011, 7:01am
ok, i must admit i was a little turned off by the art but i figured i'd give it a go. I guess it's kind of like a less intense version of Mars, but everytime the plot starts to edge into "psychological", it backs off pretty quickly
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Like when Hanada's deadbeat mum appears and threatens to claim custody over him if his dad doesn't lend her money but then magically wins some money and disappears into the sunset...
. But the characters are sweet and funny and i like how the mangaka spices up some of the usually cliche moments. I have to admit though, i'm at Vol7ch38 and i'm not really liking where Kirai is going
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I mean, how will running off to study abroad without properly telling him, make him trust her? *sigh*
...but i might have to edit this comment soon if it starts to get better : ) Anyway, if you like this, i seriously reccommend you try Mars!
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 loves the artwork   
Rating: 10.0 / 10.0
by kittymeow
May 20th, 2008, 10:09pm
I find this very interesting and can't wait for the next chapter to come out. I also would like to say that I happen to like these artworks. People shouldn't judge the manga base on the artwork. There are different types of manga artworks so of course people will have different taste. You can't expect everybody to like the same artwork as you do. So I kindly ask you people to Please not say you dislike the artwork because I feel that is an insult to me. Also to the author and the other people who happens to like this kind of artwork. Even if it might not be much, but there are still some instead of none.
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 it was quite good..   
Rating: 8.0 / 10.0
by otakuness
June 7th, 2011, 9:30pm
i have put this in my Wish List a long time ago.. and i havent bother until threee days ago and i must say it was very addicting. at first the story sounded very cliched but even the most cliched story when handled with awesomeness in turn becomes awesome as well but what really surprised me was the fact that she
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she slept with him while he was drunk, well to me that was kinnda shocking and low
but seems it was the missing ingredient so hooray for them..

the characters were likable.. Hanada was cute, even though he were to appear to me in real life he would be on the 'dont touch, 100 % authentic asshole category' and Sakura, shes a really strong heroine, and i like it that the author didnt made it overly dramatic. i mean the key dramatic elements were already there, thank god she didnt milked it!

anyways.. the art.. wasnt that bad. twas kindda unique in my opinion. my one advice would be not to mind it.
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 unexpected   
Rating: N/A
by Romashk
May 10th, 2010, 4:22am
It doesn't feel old or cliche, even if the setting is quite popular. I like both lead characters- they are funny and have their strong and weak points. The art isn't that bad, but you have to get used to it. It's a very good romantic comedy.

I had a very good time reading it.
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 *sigh*   
Rating: N/A
by polarpotterbear
July 8th, 2012, 1:14pm
I really really liked this manga because the relationship between Hanada and Sakura was entertaining and sweet...but now it's seriously going downhill since
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Sakura went to study abroad (and didn't even freaking say goodbye to Hanada!) and now Hanada is sleeping around again. One Sakura left, the manga has become VERY boring and I don't like the way Hanada's character is going :(
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 Not sure if i like it, yet...   
Rating: 8.0 / 10.0
by goldenGAZE
June 20th, 2010, 3:09am
I can't stop reading it! The story is progressing soooo slowly but its entertaining. The two main characters are arguing most of the time and theirs not much going on in terms of romance (although i'm sure they'll eventually fall for each other). Despite all this, i'm loving this story a lot, very entertaining and the character development is great, you truly begin to understand the feelings of all the characters. Very unique story.
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 Great!!   
Rating: 9.0 / 10.0
by takeva
June 14th, 2010, 6:51pm
Really great!!! I love it lol the art isn't all that great but as you read on it seems to get better and you won't notice it. Actually it really grew on me and it fit perfectly with this. So don't let the art stop you from reading this!!! I almost passed it over thank goodness I didn't. LOL I don't know why but one of my favorite characters is the guys mother even though she only appears like 2 times so far. She's really interesting. Favorite Part is at the end of Volume 6 <3 and the beginning of Volume 7 <3 XDDDD

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 a little slow   
Rating: 7.5 / 10.0
by countingwounds
February 15th, 2010, 3:11pm
eh, it's slow going. a good read, though, kinda.. in the fact that you need to keep reading so you can find out what's going to happen. (in my case at least)

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i'm really annoyed with how it's going, though.. i mean, really? i thought matsumoto had more guts.. and she gets plain ANNOYING! GOD! seriously, she's worse than the fan girls when she follows him all the time and yells at him. just leave him alone and go find a boyfriend.. ><' but i guess it doesn't work out like that haha.. and hanada IS pretty, but seriously.. jerk.. the romance isn't going as i would like it to, but we'll see.


the artwork isn't really that bad, imo, it grew on me. hanada actually looks pretty good. (: oh, and hanata kinda reminds me of rei from mars.. only not as screwed up and more of a manwhore.. haha..

... Last updated on February 15th, 2010, 3:28pm
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 NICE   
Rating: N/A
by pichie
November 9th, 2010, 9:11am
Yeah, the artwork isn't too nice. It'll definitely bother the reader a few times but it shouldn't be a reason to drop reading this because the plot and character development are great.

I can't explain why but I feel as if Hanada and Sakura's relationship was natural or very believable. Their situation is cliche, that's a given. The whole step-brother thing.. with the family.. But the development of their relationship is very nice and natural.

Read it if you are a shoujo enthusiast!!
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