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

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Forum

16 topics, 83 posts

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User Rating

Average: 8.1 / 10.0 (1258 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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Artist(s)

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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)

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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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Urabe fetishes

3 years ago

That ending pissed me off

8 years ago

Mysterious Girlfriend X Ends Next Month

10 years ago

Crunchyroll simulpubs of Nazo no Kanojo X

11 years ago

Chapter 21 Spoiler/Frustration

13 years ago

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Begining is nice but now after 60 chapters it's boring

by Meins
13 years ago

Rating: 5.5 / 10.0

Art:
Art is better then average. If the mangaka would make more of this cool dream pictures it would be a blast. But i suppose it take to long to draw them and he ended this. What a pity.

The Story:
Well the beginning was interesting and the characters seemed quite nice. I read the manga whit pleasure. BUT after 60 chapters and about 2 years in-story time there is happening NOTHING, ZERO, NADA. It feels like there are a lot chapters in this manga just to have more volumes to sell.

First, i hate this stupid habit to give the main male characters nosebleed every time he get the slightest excitement. He should go rather today than tomorrow to the hospital because he could bleed to death while having a wet dream.
Second, i think it's something like unprofessional from the mangaka if he/she present me story without any character development and without any climax in main arc.
As i wrote the two main characters in this manga have no character development what ever. If there is any character development than that the main male character gets dumber.
After about in-time 2 years the "lover" didn't kiss (not even once), not holding hands, not going on dates (3,5 dates/doing something together in 2 years), not doing anything together (besides their routine), not know much about each other (even the reader don't know almost anything about main female character past or family). All they do is see and talk a little to each other for some few minutes per weekday on their way back home from school and he taste her drool while doing so.
Bluntly speaking the story is a "love" story between a frigid, unsocial, violent to objects (threaten her boyfriend doing so) and TOTALLY disinterested in anything that deepens the relation girl and a nose bleeding, dumb and cowardly boy. What the manga shows is their daily routine and the things that from to time broke their routine. A have my difficulties to call this a relationship between man and woman. It feels more like they are only 11-12 years old rather than 17-18.

Conclusion:
The 2 first volumes are really nice and you would like to read more (like me), but you will get only disappointed. There is no story in sight, the story got lost while new chapters, after the 2 first volumes, are made.

... Last updated 12 years ago

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Quirky, slightly kinky, but ultimately sweet

by zensunni
13 years ago

Rating: 9.0 / 10.0

This manga has a lot of common elements, but does a very good job of twisting them into something new. The art has an old-school feel to it, with none of the trappings of moe influence. The story is a bit eccentric, even a bit kinky at times, but the romance between our leading lady, Urabe, and her faithful boyfriend, Tsubaki is one of the sweetest romances in manga.

I have a contrary opinion on Tsubaki being a typical dense, spineless coward that won't put the moves on a willing girl. Yes, Urabe was the one that approached him and started the relationship, but she is also the one that is holding it back. He does try to move things forward, like when he

hugs her spontaneously. What is his reward? Panty Scissors! At one point he asks ! if he can put his arm around her shoulder? Panty Scissors! However, it is clear that Urabe does have genuine feelings for him. When she ! accidentally cuts him with her panty scissors she is absolutely beside herself, then she won't tell him what the dream she had that had her so off balance was, but admits that, while Tsubaki is a pervert, she is a bit like that too... My favorite parts of the manga are when the two of them grow closer as a couple or are caring for each other. For instance, the arc where she is home sick, and he ! leaves his school shirt as a substitute is sooooo sweet, and sooooo sexy! 😉

I started reading this because I saw that the anime was coming out this spring and I wanted to see what it was about, knowing that it was a seinen manga in the same magazine as my all time favorite: Oh My Goddess! Three days later I was wishing the next chapter would come out NOW! It turned into one of my favorites. If it wasn't for the slightly excessive underage nudity, I would give it a 10...

... Last updated 13 years ago

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Was great, now so slow it drags

by MangaGhost
13 years ago

Rating: 7.0 / 10.0

It started really good. It was cute, original and quirky. It was moving pretty well then the brakes got applied and its been moving at a snails pace for like the last 20-30 chapters. I hope it picks up soon I'm on chapter 61 or I'm going to have to drop it. I also read that they are coming out with an anime for it in 2012, hopefully that won't drag too. It was originally a 10, now its about 7.5 for me.
--->Update<----
Ok got up to chapter 75 and I'm finally dumping this manga. It started off quirky and original, but all that ever happens is drool tasting chapter after chapter. Its now a tiresome gimmick and the author obviously doesn't have anything else in his bag of tricks. 75 chapters and Urabe has gone from mysterious to cardboard cut out. I mean a little more information about her character would help develop her. At a certain point the novelty of her mystery wears off and you have to develop something there. Likewise with the drool which started as an erotic subtext, but now has just become ho-hum. Perhaps "to wait is beautiful" (in regards to relationships), but wait too long and it becomes boring. Downgraded it to a 7 now.

... Last updated 12 years ago

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Recommended!

by Verix
13 years ago

Rating: 8.6 / 10.0

This is a really unique manga. From the start, you get drawn in from its originality, but you keep reading because in my opinion its a genuinely great manga! It's getting stretched quite a bit, probably because the mangaka wants to draw as much out of his succes as possible, but it remains entertaining. Following this to see how it'll all end. Recommended!!

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The best

by Catfish017
14 years ago

Rating: 10.0 / 10.0

Easily the best romantic comedy manga I've read so far, and probably the best manga in general. Of course, I am a huge fan of the way the mangaka portrays this relationship so slowly. He does so very deliberately and even makes a speech about it in one volume. It's just cuter this way, and I grow weary of the "a kiss defines a relationship" idea found in half the other romantic comedies out there.
Urabe has to be one of the most interesting characters ever. I've noticed complaints about a lack of history about her, but that's probably pretty deliberate as well, since it is about Tsubaki's mysterious girlfriend, ya know.
There are definitely some oddities throughout the series, can't deny that...

Everything from his ex being willing to strip, people being far too accepting of trying drool, and possibly the Oka-Urabe bond. Or the most mysterious thing is the voice Urabe heard at first... but it's more believable than a typical harem.
One GLARING issue was definitely Ueshiba's poor portrayal of the typical celebrity arc. But alas, I don't believe the romantic comedy is out there where the celebrity arc wasn't a drag.
All in all, the mangaka does his best to break out of the mold that the others in the style have set down, and yet still follows his own formula regularly. Cute and light-hearted, and yet rather fetish-y at points, definitely a fantastic read for rom-com lovers.

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Just the Manga i'm looking for! :)

by jomkingal
14 years ago

Rating: N/A

I never expected this to be my favorite manga, but since my friend recommended it to me, it is really great! I hope some of you feels the same as me. haha! The story may be slow and not making any progress at all, but for me, it gives me excitement and makes me look more forward to the next chapter! Ah. Thank you Ueshiba Riichi for making me experience this fun and i hope that you continue to make more exciting chapters and some major twist and developments! haha! 🙂 For me, this manga is a must read! 🙂

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meh

by ronweasley
14 years ago

Rating: 8.0 / 10.0

i dont mind a good slow romance, but these two have been dating for several years apparently and havent really made any progress. i expected more since the girl came out really aggressively at first, but this is pretty boring stuff. its too much effort for too little payoff :/

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I like This manga a lot...

by Zetser
14 years ago

Rating: 8.0 / 10.0

I really do, I've been reading it since it's prologue chapter way back when. However something about it is really starting to bug me. I understand that first and foremost it's up to the mangaka what happens with his story, and that secondly he needs to make a buck since I'm sure they don't get paid that much for their work.

However, the mangaka has laid out several things that have yet ot be resolved, or even expanded upon. Urabe's character is severely underdeveloped, the mangaka makes it plain that there is something odd about her. I wont spoil it by typing out a list of all the things you learn in the first few volumes, but even Tsubaki notices a few of these clues and hints that she isn't exactly just a school girl. Considering how dense he is, that says a lot. Yet the mangaka refuses to develop her backstory or give any other new hints about her nor has Tsubaki endeavored to play on those hints what so ever. They foreshadowed a lot in the beginning and just left it cold even up to current chapters.

Then there is the relationship development. So far it's come to a near standstill. Urabe calls the shots and Tsubaki makes due with what little ground he has with it all. He pushes the envelope of their relationship just a bit then retracts back to where he started. Even worse is that that last dozen and a half chapters have been so predictable that they feel near unnecessary. Its the same formula.

Tsubaki sees his friend and Girlfriend progress their relationship somehow, or he notices a fetish or role play he'd like to try with Urabe, or he gets in trouble with Urabe.
Insert awkward moment and near blind misunderstandings between them.
Either Tsubaki gets to try out a vanilla version of what he saw his friends do, or he gets to experiment with the fetish in a mild G rating fasion, or he somehow makes right the trouble he causes.
Everything continues on happily ever after, and everyone acts as if it never happened. No one learns a lesson, no one gets anywhere, no character development is had. Yay...

Thats not to say it isn't readable, and the author does throw in a few twists, a one sided rival of sorts, and you even come away from each chapter feeling like it's still a potentially great romantic school love comedy. But dang it all, please have some progression! Step past one of the boundaries Urabe made, or give us a flashback of her past, or have something... /anything/ cool happen.

I recommend still read, and I think that people can enjoy it for what it is and what it offers. But I fear if something meaningful doesn't happen soon that leaves a major impact on either the readers or the characters, this manga will grow stale to the point of no return. I really want it to succeed, so hopefully the mangaka gets it together and makes this story happen. Come on Ueshiba Riichi! Don't be another Rumiko Takahashi! Dont be that mangaka!

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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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Why you should read it and why you will like it

by kihadaka
14 years ago

Rating: 8.0 / 10.0

This is one of those titles that everyone should read at some point. Regardless of what you usually read, whether you're male or female, or whether you're young or you're old like me, you'll find Nazo no Kanojo X (Mysterious Girlfriend X) funny, thrilling, sexy, meaningful, unusual, and, oh yeah: mysterious. You can think of the "mystery", though, as nothing more than the means through which Akira and Urabe connect with each other. Nazo no Kanojo X is unusual... but it shows us a kind of relationship somewhere between "that was great sex, let's be friends, oh and what's your name?" and "We're not going to kiss until we're married" without ever referring to our judging other types of relationships. Akira and Urabe define their relationship for themselves, how they want it to be (though often a little slower than Akira would like, but he's a 17-year-old boy after all). That's the beauty of Nazo no Kanojo X... and also what makes it so mysterious.

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