Nazo no Kanojo X

Description

From Kodansha:
The Ultimate Mystery: A Girlfriend! Mikoto Urabe is a new transfer student in Akira Tsubaki’s high school class. One day, Akira happens to find Mikoto passed out asleep on her desk after classes have ended. He wakes her and tells her it’s time to go home and discovers that she has drooled on her desk. He spontaneously reaches out to touch and taste it and then things start getting really strange. In this surprising and sweet twist on a high school romance story, boy meets girl and they learn about each other’s inner life through their highly unusual bond and Akira learns to respect Mikoto as she sets a careful pace in the development of their relationship.

Official English: Azuki, INKR

Type

Manga

Related Series

N/A

Associated Names

Kekasih Misteri X

Mysterious Girlfriend X

Загадочная девушка Х

謎の彼女X

謎樣女友X

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Latest Release(s)

v.12 c.89-92 (end) by TKTranslate 3 years ago

c.88 by TKTranslate 10 years ago

c.92 by Crunchyroll 11 years ago

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Status in Country of Origin

12 Volumes (Complete)

Completely Scanlated?

Yes

Anime Start/End Chapter

Starts at Vol 1, Chap 0

Ends at Vol 5, Chap 36 (Skips Chap 13, 26)

User Reviews

N/A

Forum

16 topics, 83 posts

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User Rating

Average: 8.1 / 10.0 (1259 votes)

Bayesian Average: 8.06 / 10.0

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Last Updated

October 2nd, 2024 5:53pm PDT - 7 months ago

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Genre

Comedy Ecchi Mystery Romance School Life Seinen Supernatural
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Author(s)

Artist(s)

Year

Original Publisher

Kodansha

Serialized In (magazine)

Afternoon (Kodansha)

Licensed (in English)

Yes

English Publisher

Azuki (digital)

INKR Comics

Kodansha USA (6 Vols - Complete; Digital)

Vertical (6 Vols - Complete; Print)

Activity Stats (vs. other series)

Weekly Pos #747

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Monthly Pos #1260

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3 Month Pos #2131

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6 Month Pos #2670

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Year Pos #2925

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List Stats

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Forum Posts Click to view the forum

Urabe fetishes

3 years ago

That ending pissed me off

8 years ago

Mysterious Girlfriend X Ends Next Month

11 years ago

Crunchyroll simulpubs of Nazo no Kanojo X

11 years ago

Chapter 21 Spoiler/Frustration

13 years ago

User Comments [ Order by time added ]

Strange... but good

by Vyk
17 years ago

Rating: 9.6 / 10.0

This one is really strange...
But apparently I like strange =)

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Strange, but cute

by unnes
18 years ago

Rating: 7.5 / 10.0

A really bizarre story that I stumbled upon on a forum, but featuring warm, detailed art and an interesting title character. It's very short, so it's definitely worth checking out.

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About the current state of things...

by MatiurDat27
12 years ago

Rating: N/A

It feels like lately the moving force of the series are the secondary characters. Beside the author waste the potential of any situation when the so-called couple are together for like 5 minutes. Can´t the author make them spend more time together or have a chance meeting somewhere and from there do something together? What the heck is he (or the author) waiting to make a move? Akira should have learned how to deal with Mikoto by now. He is simple-minded and boring.
Mikoto lately doesn´t do the panty-cissors thing because Akira is more honest with her. I think she would agree to do "lovers" things, like hold hands, If Akira were more proactive.
The only ones that know about Akira-Mikoto are Oka and Suwano. I don´t know why Suwano would be interested in him. Because he has a girlfriend? She think he is cute? We know for Mikoto was "that voice inside her head" that told her he will be her first sex partner (although by now that premise has lost its impact).

They have been "going out" for several months, so how much will the couple (or the author) wait till they act like a couple? Like want to be together outside school, just talking. Mikoto's personality and mysterious behavour is not a excuse anymore.

Now it ended, and

it was totally anticlimactic. It felt more like a chapter with plot than an actual ending. We are left with promises about the main characters staying together and doing couple-like things eventually.

... Last updated 11 years ago

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by kill-chan
14 years ago

Rating: 5.0 / 10.0

the first 3 volumes are great.

...then the series becomes a huge success and it feels like the author is forced to drag it on and on, with rivals, pitiful ecchi, and silly attempts to make you, the reader, become part of some kind of dating simulator.
anyway, even the author must have become sick of it cause the ending is more rushed than that of neon genesis evangelion XD.

It could have been a splendid short series.
as it is, I can't recommend it to anybody.

... Last updated 8 years ago

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Patience worn out

by McCasper
15 years ago

Rating: 5.0 / 10.0

I put off reading this series when I first saw it because I thought that the whole drool thing was to weird for me. Then when I started reading it I was pleasantly surprised by its charm and novel concept. Skip 30ish chapters later and I feel like I'm forcing myself to just catch up so I can stop and at least say that I gave it a try.

Like in a relationship where minor, annoying habits become huge problems years later I just couldn't put up with it anymore. We are told at the beginning that male lead will be the female lead's first and they already got this drool thing going but then nothing happens. Literally the only progress in the main relationship is that on the condition that male lead would otherwise get hurt, he is allowed to hug his girlfriend, otherwise he gets attacked with scissors. Okay, I know that others might prefer a slow pace but come on. The pace is so slow it makes you wonder if they're moving forward at all.

... Last updated 13 years ago

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Slightly interesting and the humor is decent, but a bit repetitive

by The Solipsist
16 years ago

Rating: N/A

The concept is alright. There's the stereotypical "boy-who's-a-complete-wimp-around-girls-and-embarassed-of-his-own-sexual-urges" protagonist, but he's given a female interest who is an odd but forceful character, something that adds a bit of novelty. There's apparently some psycho-physical connection that occurs between these two and their drool. This is something which only requires a slight suspension of disbelief to enjoy, but the transferring of pain/cuts/bruises later on in chapters is a bit much. A few more hours in the mangaka's head could have fine-tuned the basic idea.

I found the gags funny for the first 15 or so chapters. The gags made full use of the concept's novelty, too, and were refreshing. But to be honest they really start striking like clockwork and after a while you know exactly when a specific gag is going to be used. Open mouth, insert finger, oh-no-what's-this-warm-feeling, scissors, oh so that's what you're thinking about, don't hug me, scissors, hey you don't hug me. This is where I have to agree with "hamburgers" review. It's ridiculous to have to ask your girlfriend for a hug. Not to mention most adolescent couples can't get their hands off each other. From what I understand the manga does this to create tension and to keep you reading: the girl states early on that the protagonist will be the one to take her virginity, so we, the reader, are kept wondering every step of the way when it's gonna happen. Every hug, every touch, puts the reader on his toes. Unfortunately, the ungodly amount of finger sucking required to churn the character development in this manga makes it frustrating to read, especially as you witness the protagonist forbidden from basic things like hugging and calling his girlfriend by her first name (I know the first name business is a japanese thing, but I'd say sharing entire emotional states is intimate enough...give the boy a break...). Sometimes I think this manga is just an overblown, elaborate parody of the whole "wimpy teen protagonist" genre.

The art has some personality and works to the gags. It's nothing special, but it works.

The pacing in particular has some issues, but I'd say this area depends on your tastes and how long you can put up with the protagonist per read.

Overall, I found myself reading this and enjoying it, despite my nitpicking and frustration. I'm hoping some interesting twist comes (that moon in the backgrounds comes to mind) as far as the mystical drool (no aliens, please), but I'm not getting my hopes up as this manga has been pretty light-hearted, aside from the fan service drops here and there.

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Strange

by Grimslice
17 years ago

Rating: N/A

Its pretty strange but its enjoyable. I would like it more if the plot was a bit quicker, because quite frankly the 16 chapters i've read have been pretty repetitive.

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Strange Romance Story

by charsiewpau
16 years ago

Rating: N/A

Underneath it all, it's a romance story, but with a not so natural twist. Good as a relaxing read, but if you want something though provoking, this is NOT it.

... Last updated 16 years ago

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drool

by cyttonmyface
17 years ago

Rating: 7.0 / 10.0

strange is quite right when you want to describe this manga in one word. was not interesting enough for me to read past vol 2. too incongruous and 2 much focus on drool. but i bet it'd be a hell of a trip if you can read this while you are tripping on acid or some other drugs. Unfortunately i am well aware of what drugs do to your body and do not practice using them to try it. if anyone would like to try, do get back to me via mail.

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unsure

by kitty_me
17 years ago

Rating: 7.0 / 10.0

the art is very good. thats what interest me in the first place. the plot was a bit weird.. and so are the characters.. lolx

on whole i think its just about the relationship between Urabe and Tsubaki. a so-so manga.

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