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Nisekoi  
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Description
Raku Ichijou may be the heir to a yakuza group, but he's a normal high school kid who dreams of peace and quiet. However, when he meets super-hot but violent transfer student Chitoge Kirisaki, his life takes a sharp turn for the worse!

Type
Manga

Related Series
Nisekyuu!! (Side Story)

Associated Names
ニセコイ
伪恋
False Love
Nise Koi

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Latest Release(s)
c.74 by Red Hawk Scanlations (6d ago)
c.72.5 by Red Hawk Scanlations (12d ago)
c.73 by Red Hawk Scanlations (14d ago)
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Status in Country of Origin
6 Volumes (Ongoing)

Completely Scanlated?
No

Anime Start/End Chapter
N/A

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Nisekoi (KOMI Naoshi) by Zoro

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4 topics, 46 posts
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User Rating
Average: 8.1 / 10.0 (797 votes)
Bayesian Average: 8.06 / 10.0
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Last Updated
May 20th 2013, 10:28pm PST

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Genre
Comedy  Harem  Romance  School Life  Shounen 
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Author(s)
KOMI Naoshi

Artist(s)
KOMI Naoshi

Year
2011

Original Publisher
Shueisha

Serialized In (magazine)
Weekly Shonen Jump (Shueisha)

Licensed (in English)
Yes

English Publisher
Viz (2 Digital Volumes - Ongoing)

Activity Stats (vs. other series)
Weekly Pos #42 increased(+2)
Monthly Pos #16 decreased(-3)
3 Month Pos #13 decreased(-1)
6 Month Pos #14 decreased(-5)

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On 4543 reading lists
On 846 wish lists
On 98 unfinished lists
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Forum Posts
General Discussion 80 days, 8 hours, 49 minutes ago
Latest Chapter Discussion [spoilers] 431 days, 20 hours, 49 minutes ago
chapter 1 496 days, 8 hours, 5 minutes ago
Niseikoi to become series 567 days, 17 hours, 35 minutes ago

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 *Facepalm*   
Rating: 7.0 / 10.0
by bluedrop
July 18th, 2012, 5:24am
I postponed reading this and added to my 'to read' list because:
a) The premise of a romance involving yakuza or gangsters of any sort just totally has me on the hook
b) The mangaka is the same author of Double Arts(which I still mourn over for getting axed. Why, Japan? Whyyy!?)

...then I finally jumped onto reading this, only, I noticed the harem tag and almost got whiplash from the double-take I did because I'm sure that wasn't there when I added it to the list. Dammit. I thought I was going to be able to enjoy another comedic shounen manga with some good romance where there's a lot of tension between the leads. Got my hopes up for nothing...well maybe a bit something since I really liked the oneshot which showed so so so much promise.

It's hard to get any good romances with the leads in contention with each other and I'm such a sucker for arranged marriages/forced to live together/etc. where the characters learn to love each other despite thinking they could never grow to like the other person. Falling under the demographic for shounen made it all the better because we don't get anything too gooey, just scenes that are just right or those that make you want something more but end up getting satisfied by how things go anyway.

And then there's the ridiculous addition of gangsters/yakuza/delinquents, I seriously had heart-eyes for this manga. Luuuurve the premise. LOVE!!! (I blame Gokusen, GTO, all the other epic mangas with badass people)

Then I read it. It has its good points...it's just, my palm has really gotten to know my face lately while reading this. Why the harem? Why? Is it not 'shounen' enough(I know, I know, shounen isn't a genre, yaddayadda) that it has to have the addition of female 'rivals'. There was just the two of them in the oneshot.

We go to the main series and we start off with a love-triangle(insert twitchy eye but at least Onodera was bearable. Not really. Honestly, I'm an Onodera hater. Sue me) then we get some more girls with pages and pages aaaand pages of fanservice. We get it, they're cute/hot.

If only we had the same amount of male 'rivals' then maybe, I'd be okay with the harem. We rarely get any harem with reverse-harem in the same manga(speaking of which, if anyone can point me to any with a harem aaand a reverse-harem, I'd be much obliged).

I Loved the pair with their hilarious nicknames for each other: "Shitty Darling" and whatnot. Love. I'm okay with *some* love rivals if it's helpful to the plot. That ain't really happening here. Whatever, Chitoge FTW!

But I still think it's worth reading for the comedy if not for female lead(referring to the one mentioned in the summary)...oh, and the guy. I don't usually go for the childhood friend in a harem but I just loved Chitoge because she wasn't some annoying obsessed wimpy girl always chasing after the guy while the guy ogled others.(The oneshot outshines the rest of the chapters really with the tsundere level just right. In the main series, it was a bit off)

... Last updated on October 26th, 2012, 2:25am
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 The Oneshot was better.   
Rating: 7.0 / 10.0
by GoldenKaos
December 10th, 2012, 1:52pm
The Oneshot was actually fantastic. A boy and a girl (childhood friends who share their dislike of each other) who also happen to be the heirs of yakuza and mafia gangs, respectively. The gang leaders (their fathers) do not want conflict, however their subordinates want to paint the town red with one another. Therefore, the logical (for a manga it's fairly logical, ok?) answer to this is to have the boy and the girl date each other, the gang subordinates dote on their respective heir with a passion and therefore are happy to call a truce lest they disturb the couple's 'true love'. The banter between those two characters was hilarious and heartwarming, and their attempts to keep up appearances of 'going out' to appease the gangs was hilarious.

Then enter the series, and here comes the Onodera - the third wheel. Sorry, Love Triangle. Enter other needless female romance options for no reason and the dilution of the 'boy + girl keeps secret from gangs' formula to a 'boy + many girls seek for true love from childhood with a convoluted whose girl's key fits in the boy's locket plot device plus next to no yakuza/gang interaction whatsoever and degeneration into typical cliche stereotypes that occur in comedy romances' formula.
I feel the dynamic and chemistry between the two bickering childhood friends was near-perfect, the move into love triangle and further into harem was pointless and stupid. And the crime syndicates element has been largely superseded by cliched this-is-in-every-romance-manga-ever elements.

It's still better than most romance harem manga out there, mostly because of the extremely funny comedy that is present, but it went from 'amazing' to merely 'pretty good' between the Oneshot and the series.

... Last updated on March 20th, 2013, 3:58am
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 Maybe just read the one-shot?   
Rating: 7.0 / 10.0
by Shinjite Florana
April 20th, 2012, 11:10am
The oneshot of this manga (before it was serialized) was fun, funny, unique, and had really cool and clean art. I’d give it a 9!

Then it got serialized.
…
>.> ehhmn…. Well, anyway, If you’ve read any of the other comments before, you know it became the most predictable, cliché, shojo, school life, childhood promise plot that has been, and is forever doomed to be again, recycled relentlessly in countless manga. But it’s not all bad, I suppose. I’ll focus on the good points, then you can decide for yourself.

I enjoyed the oneshot so much I’m still holding on, and I guess the cliché plot devises have a little bit of draw to them, otherwise they wouldn’t be so popular. I personally would like to see a bit more…unique…ideas. The art is still cool and clean looking, and I truly enjoy the artist style. His/Her humor faces are pretty epic, at points. ^-^ Right now, the direction that the manga has gone is not the rout my first impression of the oneshot implied. The clashing gang/mob clans don’t seem to be addressed other than the threatening glue holding the two main protagonists together in their falsified relationship. If you’re not a fan of ACTION action, then, you’re probably safe, as most violence is our tsundre’s fault or gag violence. (I personally am more privy to ACTION action…) If you like nearly harem-like relationship drama, they’ve got that going for them, too. Once again, all the females around our male lead are falling for him, whether they like it or not.
Spoiler (mouse over to view)
We’ve also got the 2ndary character baces covered- childhood friends, a cross-dressing “masculine” female, unrequited love that is unrequitedly returned, a reluctant female companion that “hates” our lead, ect…
Edit: and now a fiancee our male lead didn't know about! How surprising! -_-


It’s not a retched manga, we’ve simply yet to see anything unique to the plot besides the initial oneshot setup. Honestly, read the oneshot, it won’t take long and it’s worth the look. Then you can decide weather you think the manga deserves a look afterwards.

... Last updated on July 20th, 2012, 4:54pm
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 Meh   
Rating: 5.0 / 10.0
by udders
November 30th, 2012, 7:38am
Ingredients for Nisekoi:

1 cup of "Every cliche drawn on any romance/harem manga"
2 cups of mediocre fanservice
3 cups stupid childhood backstory
1/20th teaspoons of Originality

Mix, then scatter for the swarming fanboys

Short review. All the "rival" characters that have appeared after Onodera are just boring and unlikeable. The whole lock-and-key-past is so undescribably stupid that whenever its brought up in the manga I feel like I'd be better of using my time to finger saggy grannies (not to mention, its just a lazy rehash of the childhood setup in Love Hina). Female protagonist's blonde hair is genetically impossible and I'm pretty sure her bunny ears are a school dress code violation

The one redeeming feature of this manga is the male protagonists best friend. A funny lad he is. But again, like everything else, he's just another "something that I've seen before"
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 Definitely worth reading   
Rating: 10.0 / 10.0
by sinyorita
October 18th, 2012, 1:28pm
Well, i know a lot of us have been disappointing with the Harem tag (including me) But I realised that even though it does put me off a lot, i cna still read it. The story is headed somewhere for sure, and it Wont have a harem ending. Atleast it doesnt look like that from the recent chapters. I currently read chapter 46, and am eagerly waiting for more development in the plot. Its a good shonen romance, please give it a try.
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 Give it a chance!   
Rating: N/A
by samyd104
May 1st, 2012, 9:08pm
Even though it is a little cliche, it's still enjoyable. Reading this doesn't hurt! Despite the harsh judgement I still like it and think it deserves a better output than the other reviews. I honestly LOVE it and wait every week for the next chapter smile
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 on the verge of AWESOME!!   
Rating: 9.0 / 10.0
by otakuness
April 28th, 2011, 4:51am
i seriously thought that it was funny and the art was great, it was shounen! yup it was great! had me laughing loudly! really, really loud.. it was so f-ing funny!! i mean really!!
but it would be really awesome if this would have been longer!! at first i thought that this is a series..
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 Another good work from Komi-Sensei...   
Rating: 7.0 / 10.0
by luizvga
January 30th, 2011, 9:40am
Don't have much to say... It's not the most original work I've ever seen, nor the most original work from Naoshi-Sensei, but surely it's a good one shot. We have the usual art from Komi Naoshi, that's not excelent, but it's good enough and his hilarious sense of humor. Not to mention the super interesting characters, that are the best in Naoshi's works. The events occur in a perfect pace and the story is smooth, making it a worth reading.
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 Steady Decline   
Rating: 6.0 / 10.0
by wuhugm
May 6th, 2012, 12:39am
The oneshot and the beginning of the series held much potential, the yakuza x mafia interaction was so promising that we expected so much

yet, as the series going, it turned into a cliche school-themed romance manga. The underworld theme went to the toilet and it's just cliche after cliche spawning every chapter

but the final blow is the latest chapter (24)
Spoiler (mouse over to view)
the class did a lottery to create pairs for kimodameshi, a boy and a girl
there are 6 main characters, somehow they paired with each other, all 6, within themselves
btw, the lottery wasn't manipulated in any way
rather than inserting some sick probability here, wasn't it better just to add some random classmates to the pairing? i think the author got hit with a hammer some times ago, that he couldn't think logically anymore
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 One-shot 9.5, Series 6.5   
Rating: N/A
by MatrixM
February 21st, 2013, 11:56pm
I remember when the one-shot came out by CXC Scans. One-shots don't have much time for development of anything (obviously) so the ending felt a little rushed but as far as one-shots go, it had a pretty great twist on the romance. I was really hoping it'd get a series.
Then the series started 10 months later. [spoilers about personalities and identities (not the main mystery) of love-interests] There was a new love-interest, Onodera. In fact, Raku was already in love her and she with him. She seemed a bit too in personality/background cliche but I was fine with it. I guess it was necessary to make it worthy of a series. And it was a nice twist that she was also there in their childhood and might actually be the one he made the promise with (fat chance of that happening, considering the style of the series).
But Chitoge was now just a tsundere stock character for a LONG time. And Raku and Chitoge weren't prodigious rivals, Raku was average in everything (except cooking) so there was no tension that didn't feel at least a little forced. Still, though. The series was ok.
Then another love-interest comes in, the bodyguard. Complete stock character. Almost everything she says/does makes me annoyed because it's just so predictable and fake. The series was pretty much going full harem instead of rival gangs' false lovers and a love triangle.
When it begins to lose steam, another character is added (everyone knows this is a quick fix). Her character is kinda interesting at first, though it's not explained enough how a yakuza boss is bffs with the police commisioner or whatever. I thought the fact that she was consciously and perpetually molding herself to be an ideal woman for Raku since she was a child quite original. But eventually she starts falling back into the cliche of a kinda...clingy love-interest.


This series has a few great chapters (like where Raku goes to Onodera's house) but they are very few and irregular after the first few chapters. I've dropped this series a few times and only come back out of boredom or to escape from exams/homework bigrazz

I'll keep the one-shots rating here.
Definitely read the one-shot if you don't mind one-shots. As for the series, there are a lot better things out there. But this is one of the few Jump romances around so if you just like reading those, go for it.

... Last updated on February 21st, 2013, 11:59pm
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