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Bitter Virgin

Alternative Titles

Japanese: ビターバージン


Information

Type: Manga
Volumes: 4
Chapters: 32
Status: Finished
Published: Feb 18, 2005 to Mar 7, 2008
Genres: Drama Drama, Romance Romance
Theme: School School
Demographic: Seinen Seinen
Serialization: Young Gangan
Authors: Kusunoki, Kei (Story & Art)

Statistics

Score: 7.751 (scored by 2617226,172 users)
1 indicates a weighted score.
Ranked: #14882
2 based on the top manga page. Please note that 'R18+' titles are excluded.
Popularity: #379
Members: 46,328
Favorites: 1,077

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Volumes: /4
Chapters: /32

Synopsis

Daisuke Suwa is a reserved high school student who lives with his widowed mother in a faraway rural town. At school, he behaves like a womanizer who is interested in all girls except the shy Hinako Aikawa, whom he claims is pretending to be a "sweet virgin." One day, Daisuke gets caught up in an argument between two of his admirers and seeks shelter in a church. He hides inside a confessional, only for Hinako to enter the church and mistake his voice as that of a priest. She asks for him to listen to her confession, to which he has no choice but to comply.

Hinako divulges that she was sexually abused by her step-father while she was still in junior high school, which led to her giving up a baby boy for adoption. Now aware of her secrets, Daisuke can't help but empathize with her. However, as the pair become closer, can his compassion turn into something more?

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Characters

Yamamoto, Yuzu
Supporting
Aikawa, Mother
Supporting
Suwa, Nana
Supporting

Reviews

Jan 28, 2022
This is the 'A Crow Looked At Me' by Mount Eerie album in manga form

What happens when a truly crushing reality of the darkest aspects of humanity intertwine with a standard coming of age romance? Well I would probably say this story is the closest fit to it.

The main protagonist (Suwa) is a wannabe womanizer that accidentally hears his timid classmate's absolutely harrowing past full of sexual assault, trauma, and guilt while hiding in a confession booth. The setup is pretty good, and the story that follows is engrossing. It moves at a steady pace and I was never bored with it, which would be ...
Mar 11, 2024
Mixed Feelings
I've been thinking a bit about this story and what it's trying to convey through Aikawa. As I've read the review of
another user specifically critiquing Aikawa's lack of character or rather her character being defined too much by trauma
which she has suffered, I began to wonder whenever it's morally right.
Is it morally correct to accuse a person (or fictional character) of being defined too much by their trauma ? How could
they not be ? After all trauma is something incredibly haunting that keeps it's fangs deeply
within you until you wither away or decide to do something about it.
Aikawa is a character that was ...
Mar 26, 2021
I'll start off by saying maybe my expectations were a little too high. I wanted to read it as it looked similar to Onani Master Kurosawa which got better with each volume to end up as one of my favorites.
As I read Bitter Virgin, the beginning was just mediocre but I gave it a second chance and kept reading it until the very last panel. [Btw I thought there'll be a few more chapters after that, so a weak ending like that managed to make the aftertaste feel ever worse somehow.]
I could sum up whole plot development with "random bull***t go" meme, that was the ...

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Poll: Bitter Virgin Chapter 32 Discussion ( 1 2 3 4 )
Sesshimi - Aug 24, 2008
172 repliesby reneansun »»
Oct 16, 2:41 PM
"Hinako isn't her own character. She's defined by her trauma."
HeroicIdeal - Aug 7
1 repliesby offcrack »»
Aug 9, 11:23 AM
Poll: Bitter Virgin Chapter 24 Discussion
zippy - Feb 20, 2008
32 repliesby Tr0ntIsntAnOtaku »»
Nov 21, 2022 4:29 PM
Bitter Virgin for anime adaptation!!!!!!!
joekongg - May 25, 2010
8 repliesby Haneken2086 »»
Aug 7, 2022 11:33 AM
Poll: Bitter Virgin Chapter 31 Discussion
Torisunanohokori - Aug 24, 2008
25 repliesby DeonX »»
Jul 7, 2021 8:47 AM