Cappuccino

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A bittersweet story about the life of Kojima Ari and Fujitani Sousuke as they live together in a de facto relationship (without marriage) in modern-day Japan.

But will the choices and mistakes they make bring them together or tear them apart?

Type

Manga

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Associated Names

Il Cappuccino

カプチーノ

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StarryHeaven

Latest Release(s)

v.1 c.7 (end) by StarryHeaven 16 years ago

v.1 c.6 by StarryHeaven 16 years ago

v.1 c.4-5 by StarryHeaven 16 years ago

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Status in Country of Origin

1 Volume (Complete)

Completely Scanlated?

Yes

Anime Start/End Chapter

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User Rating

Average: 7.2 / 10.0 (371 votes)

Bayesian Average: 7.13 / 10.0

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Last Updated

September 29th, 2019 8:55am PDT - 6 years ago

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Genre

Drama Josei Romance Slice of Life
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Original Publisher

Shueisha

Serialized In (magazine)

Chorus (Shueisha)

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English Publisher

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Activity Stats (vs. other series)

Weekly Pos #720

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Monthly Pos #2027 (No change)

3 Month Pos #3662

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6 Month Pos #5162

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Year Pos #6999

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On 372 wish lists

On 1311 completed lists

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"Bittersweet" is an understatement

by eylookturkeys
15 years ago

Rating: 9.0 / 10.0

Well-told. The characters are believable, if not particularly complicated (it's a short story, you can only develop them so much!), the plot is painfully realistic, and the art is gorgeous.

A lot of readers are complaining that this manga's a little flat, but I think that it's well-rounded. It's equal parts character, plot, emotion, and audience interaction. The pacing is great, because I, at least, am not interested in reading a several-volume epic about the downfall of a relationship. That's just depressing. Geeze. But the mangaka hits the key points - the point of happiness, the start of infidelity, when the partner finds out, when it ends, and finally, a point afterward that carries the manga beyond the relationship, and even leaves the reader with a new complicated thought (which is great storytelling technique).

Easily one of the better manga that I've read. I give it a nine only because it was gosh-darned depressin', being about relationship failure and all. It really deserves a ten.

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Some cliched projection

by BimboSilly
16 years ago

Rating: N/A

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The thing is that any unrest in any relationship is only due to cheating in YW's diary... ...I agree with leecherboy that Josei isnt the mangaka's forte- she might be more easy going than some other shoujo mangakas but .. ! I find it really odd that a young man in a relationship with a young woman would find a whinny high schooler attractive in any way except sex.. because immaturity usually strikes first..he won't just fall into something like that..if obsessive dedication would get you an older guy, man, that would make a lot more women's jobs easier.....

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Ending

by Chira00
16 years ago

Rating: 8.0 / 10.0

I really enjoyed reading this manga. I was not fond of the ending, but I am a true romantic afterall. In some ways the ending is a bit of a cliffhanger, in other ways it suits the story well.

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Awful story

by leecherboy
16 years ago

Rating: 4.0 / 10.0

This is josei only because they're adults, but you couldn't tell that from their personalities, since they act like spoiled brats (especially the male lead), or like characters from a shojo manga, if you'd prefer. Josei really isn't Yoshizumi's forte...

Also, it seems dating out of pity is the next big thing? I can't believe not only Sousuke, but Inaba did that too.

Reading this manga just makes me feel like Chocoroll from the comment below.

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Ugh!

by Chocoroll
16 years ago

Rating: 6.0 / 10.0

The story was okay in the beginning. Ari and Sousuke are a cute couple, and then the last page of the first chapter makes you worried.
So then came the second chapter and onwards,

One of Sousuke's typical Japanese high school students confesses her feelings towards him, and he agrees to going out on one single date with her. We all know this is going to turn out horrible.
Then on their date she asks him to kiss her, which he does when she cries because he first refused to it. He knows this is wrong, and he is an adult, but he's kissing one of his students? Of course he probably thinks that she'll never show up in front of him again after her graduation.
Hey! But guess what?! His student appears again, now a pretty and attractive college student. They go out to dinner, and they end up sleeping together when she thinks "she isn't good enough" and is about to cry. So Sousuke sleeps with her when knows he shouldn't because he's with Ari (which he's about to use an excuse), but he does anyway!
This pretty much summarizes this guy is an absolute idiot because: a) he doesn't want to break up with the girl 'cause he doesn't want to make her cry, b) he thinks everythings fine with him and Ari when it isn't! c) he thinks it's okay to keep on cheating on Ari for the moment.

As for now I pretty much am siding up with Inaba and Ari. Inaba is being wise and sensitive, and is actually trying to help Ari by trying to stop Sousuke. Also, poor Ari who hasn't done a single thing wrong is getting hurt, since Sousuke hasn't considered her feelings at all since he thinks their relationship was stable and she wouldn't find out, but of course he was wrong (being the total idiot he is).
Inaba and Ari seem pretty possible as a couple. After it seems Inaba and his girlfriend broke up, probably because he must have feelings for Ari, and all you need is for her to dump the jerk (aka Sousuke).

As of right now I'm annoyed, fustrated, and disgusted.
I will give this a six, mostly for its art and its more pleasant characters.
This isn't the best of Yoshizumi-sensei...

... Last updated 16 years ago

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aghhhh

by sara..
13 years ago

Rating: 1.0 / 10.0

what reality !! come on people !!!! does a guy cheating on his gf says aaah just a little more and just by saying oh sorry I cheated on you girl the gf forgive him over one night is reality ?? seriously ??
if that's your reality then excuse me for saying that but you live in a world with no dignity

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<,<

by lily_kitty15
15 years ago

Rating: N/A

this was a crappy ending

i was so glad that Ari finally broke up with Sousuke but i soo wish that she has chosen Inaba! and wat i hate was that Inaba actually married that girl he was just dating becuz she said to use her since she knew that he wouldn't like her but there are cases in which the guy starts like the girl but in this case Inaba only married Tomoko or watever was her name cuz she was stuck to him and marrying her was a reward thats just crap!

and Sousuke wat the hell was wrong with his he slept with that loser High school girl and did all that and the say it sounded that he couldn't at first brake up with Ari was cuz at the beginning he promised to marry her? that was bull shit he just didn't want to let go of either of the girls! i didn't like Sousuke from the beginning will after the time it hot half a year and only Ari did the house work and he was just enjoying it and he didn't know anything about house work that lazy bum Sousuke! and was going to actually confess again after 2 years that eh still loved Ari! Wat happened to that high school girl anyway?

this was one of the crappiest story i have read by YOSHIZUMI Wataru usually her work is really good but in this one the story's ending crappy and all the characters were annoying, not one was trying to act faster instead waiting until it really started to hurt.

... Last updated 15 years ago

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.....

by Trifoilum
16 years ago

Rating: N/A

I am genuinely surprised that this is categoried as josei; this still has a feeling of shoujo around....his (?) usual style, I have to admit. I'm with people who said josei isn't his forte....

Granted, he did deconstruct everyone; the naive hopeful shoujo heroine and her cheerful easygoing boyfriend, his loyal, pining, protective best friend who's in love with her.... and it's indeed realistic; but realistically, painfully stupid. It's great they all grow up for the better (except the best friend; WTF, Yoshizumi? Or indeed, Japan? there's second chance, there's omiai, and there's marriage out of pity. It's DIFFERENT )

But getting through the end is a pain by itself. So yeah, I'm not looking for realistic depiction of a stupid relationship.

And the summary above is misleading, in some ways. I'm expecting a more slice-of-life feel from this manga.

... Last updated 16 years ago

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Really great

by chulian1819
16 years ago

Rating: 10.0 / 10.0

I couldnt belive it that in a single volume a complete story from begining to end could be so complete and well told

liked it very much, the story telling, the flow, the pace and specialy the ending ^^

left a warm feeling in my heart n///n

10/10

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lost my interest.

by Licia Valentine
16 years ago

Rating: N/A

i like marmalade boy so I was really looking forward to a good ending. I don't know but maybe wataru-sensei is brokenhearted or sumthing. all her recent works were sad, although there are still that reality type of genre... its just... not inspiring at all... we are supposed to be inspired by romance stories to fall in love right? What the f*** is with that story?! cheating and all that and with a student to boot! Bleh! I hate those kind of stories...

... Last updated 16 years ago

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