Uwasa no Midori-kun!!
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Synonyms: The Rumoured Midori-kun!!, Shounen x Cinderella II
Japanese: うわさの翠くん!!


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Type: Manga
Volumes: 10
Chapters: 51
Status: Finished
Published: Aug 5, 2006 to Aug 5, 2008
Genres: Drama Drama, Romance Romance, Sports Sports
Themes: Crossdressing Crossdressing, Team Sports Team Sports
Demographic: Shoujo Shoujo
Serialization: Sho-Comi
Authors: Ikeyamada, Go (Story & Art)

Statistics

Score: 7.471 (scored by 51125,112 users)
1 indicates a weighted score.
Ranked: #34212
2 based on the top manga page. Please note that 'R18+' titles are excluded.
Popularity: #1993
Members: 12,113
Favorites: 160

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MangaSho-ComiIkeyamada, Go (Story & Art)
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Volumes: /10
Chapters: /51

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Synopsis

Yamate Midori is a 15 year-old girl and is very much a tomboy. One day Midori meets a boy called Hino Tsukasa, who came to the island she lives on for a holiday. He teaches her to play soccer and she falls in love with the sport. Midori is inspired by Tsukasa and continues to play soccer in hopes that they would meet again someday. When they do meet again Tsukasa does something unforgivable. Determined to defeat Tsukasa on the soccer field Midori enrolls in an all boy high school.

(Source: Tenshi-Tachi)

Included one-shots:
Volume 8: Shounen x Cinderella
Volume 9: Shounen x Cinderella II

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Uwasa no Midori-kun!! was published in Spanish by Ivrea.
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Characters

Hino, Tsukasa
Hino, Tsukasa
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Yamate, Midori
Yamate, Midori
Main
Shinbashi, Kazuma
Shinbashi, Kazuma
Main
Sagara, Yuki
Sagara, Yuki
Supporting
Sagara, Kouki
Sagara, Kouki
Supporting
Ebisu, Jin
Ebisu, Jin
Supporting
Ikebukuro, Tatsuya
Ikebukuro, Tatsuya
Supporting
Moriyama, Miki
Moriyama, Miki
Supporting
Yoyogi, Tetsu
Yoyogi, Tetsu
Supporting
Kaji, Mamori
Kaji, Mamori
Supporting

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7 Recommended
0 Mixed Feelings
1 Not Recommended
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Jul 22, 2019
Borealiz
Recommended
Out of all of this Author's work, which I've read maybe only a few, this one has to be the most subversive. Especially the ending which was refreshing change compared to many of the other mangas that have some of the same cliches. The manga handles some tropes which can be tedious in very mature manner, some are completely unnecessary but the ones she does right are really good. Especially the character arcs of some of the more troubling characters are very well done and I actually end up forgiving them.
The art style is very distinctive of this particular author, but personally it's not ...
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Jul 16, 2011
Ren_bird
Recommended
Story: a believable and realistic story that everyone can related to a little, whether its the competitiveness, the forgiveness, the love, etc! I really enjoyed the story!
Art: As usual the art was beautiful! And hilarious at the same time, which I love!
Characters: this was the best part of this manga. The characters were good strong characters. Midori was a strong and beautiful female character who held her own and who could beat up guys when threatened. But inside she has feelings and love and I truly admired her. Her childhood friend was also complex. He loves Midori but has a hard outer shell, much ...
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Feb 16, 2022
CataOrShane
Not Recommended
Why a score so low? Because the mangaka Ikeyamada Go continues to fail to understand that consent is a fundamental concept, that rape isn't something to joke about and it's disrespectful for such an event to be used as a plot device.

Not only that but her female characters continue to exist as mere things to be owned by male characters and there's this idea that they're worth so much more as long as they're virgins.

This author promotes the idea that emotional and physical abuse can be romantic and this infuriates me because her works target younger audiences.

I completely lost interest in this ...
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