Namaikizakari.
Cheeky Brat
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Japanese: なまいきざかり。
English: Cheeky Brat
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Type: Manga
Volumes: 23
Chapters: 140
Status: Finished
Published: Oct 19, 2013 to Dec 20, 2021
Genres: Romance Romance, Sports Sports
Themes: School School, Team Sports Team Sports
Demographic: Shoujo Shoujo
Serialization: Hana to Yume
Authors: Miyuki, Mitsubachi (Story & Art)

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Score: 7.951 (scored by 2441324,413 users)
1 indicates a weighted score.
Ranked: #9012
2 based on the top manga page. Please note that 'R18+' titles are excluded.
Popularity: #198
Members: 76,446
Favorites: 2,540

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Being the eldest child of a large family, Yuki Machida was forced to become the responsible one of her many siblings at a very young age. Accustomed to making sacrifices for them, she is all too familiar with disappointment and the pain of suppressing her true feelings.

Though expecting nothing to become of them, Machida becomes the basketball club manager in order to be closer to her crush. But at the start of the new school year, Shou Naruse joins the team. He is extremely talented... and has taken an interest in Machida. Stoic-faced and cold, she is unfazed by his advances, despite how relentless he is when it comes to winning her love—from kissing her with no warning to asking for permission to grope her. Keeping her cool and focusing on basketball becomes a much more difficult task when Naruse makes no effort to conceal his desires.

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Namaikizakari. has been published in English as Cheeky Brat by Yen Press since November 30, 2021; in French by Delcourt since February 8, 2017.

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Characters

Naruse, Shou
Naruse, Shou
Main
Machida, Yuki
Machida, Yuki
Main
Hakamada, Shizuka
Hakamada, Shizuka
Supporting
Usami, Fuka
Usami, Fuka
Supporting
Naruse, Hitomi
Naruse, Hitomi
Supporting
Usami
Usami
Supporting
Himeno, Himiko
Himeno, Himiko
Supporting
Suwa
Suwa
Supporting
Kido
Kido
Supporting
Ichii, Arisa
Ichii, Arisa
Supporting

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23 Recommended
11 Mixed Feelings
6 Not Recommended
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Dec 21, 2022
Kat0ka
Recommended
A very good romance manga. It is very long, but does not feel drawn out while reading because the plot spans over several years. It's basically the Shoujo equivalent to the good One Piece arcs.

Due to the length, the characters grow on the reader after a while and it's very enjoyable to see the relationship proceed. Naruse's shenanigans are funny most of the time, the side characters have a good balance between serious and funny (Abe and Amamiya best Comedic Relief). The side ships were also fine. In general, the reaction of the characters were mostly understandable and it was possible to immerse and ...
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Apr 21, 2023
zairff
Mixed Feelings
Yo, I ain’t a reviewer and I have never reviewed a manga before but this manga pissed me off so much that I had to write about it.
First of all, Yuki, (the female protagonist) doesn’t take any of Naruse’s (the male protagonist) feelings in consideration.
Let’s say if you had a partner, and a friend of the opposite sex just kissed her or hugged her. How would you feel? How would you feel if your partner talks about things that they should be talking about with you to that friend. How would you feel if that friend has conveyed their feelings to your partner ...
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Dec 2, 2022
kyonkyonkun
Not Recommended
Preliminary (24/140 eps)
"Strong" FL who gets submissive yet denies liking the ML all the time, lot of arguing, pushy ML (which I like, even... but not in this manga, indecisive FL... honestly this is annoying. Very annoying.
Like, this really doesn't seem like a healthy relationship.
Do they even end up together? Because it just looks like a toxic relationship.
Ex. Naruse getting angry that Machida talked to... what's his name, the second love interest who clearly doesn't have a chance to begin with.
So, possessive ML and selfish FL who can't even decide what she wants.
The only good thing is that Naruse is handsome and the art style is very ...
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