Hitomi-chan wa Hitomishiri (Hitomi-chan is Shy With Strangers)

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Japanese: 瞳ちゃんは人見知り

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Type: Manga

Volumes: 12

Chapters: 144

Status: Finished

Published: Sep 20, 2018 to May 1, 2025

Genres: Comedy, Romance

Themes: Love Status Quo, School

Serialization: Manga Cross

Authors: Natsumi, Chorisuke (Story & Art)

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Score: 7.19¹ (scored by 10,649 users)

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Ranked: #6434²

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Popularity: #554

Members: 35,832

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Ranked #6434Popularity #554Members 35,832

MangaManga CrossNatsumi, Chorisuke (Story & Art)

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Tall, busty high schooler Hitomi Takano has shark teeth, a looming presence, and a truly terrifying face. As an upperclassman named Yuu Usami finds out, however, looks can be deceiving. Beneath her massive frame and intense glare, Hitomi-chan is a sweet girl who just wants to overcome her social anxiety and make some friends. As Yuu gets to know her, they grow close—so close that maybe friendship won't be enough! Don't miss this charming romcom between a scary-but-sweet girl and her smaller, loving senpai.

(Source: Seven Seas Entertainment)

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Hitomi-chan wa Hitomishiri has been published in English as Hitomi-chan is Shy With Strangers by Seven Seas Entertainment since October 5, 2021.

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Takano, Hitomi

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Usami, Yuu

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Shizuka

Supporting

Hitomi's Older Brother

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Sakura

Supporting

Kobayashi

Supporting

Karasuma, Angelica

Supporting

Kana

Supporting

Arisugawa

Supporting

Himari

Supporting

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Jun 29, 2025

Cynthia_KA

Recommended

Who made this manga I respect, it's very easy to read, drama-free, and the mc is also not lustful, the romance is very strong and what makes it cool is that people in the neighbourhood support them, peak romcom cro❤️, usami, you are the best man even though your face is like a child is not like the mc in tonikaku kawaii, very lustful he is damn every episode they always kiss continuously, unlike this guy, yea usami.
He hugs first, and kisses later during the middle-late moments.

For hitomi, I hope your relationship goes well with usa, god bless you.
To the author, thank you for making ...

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Apr 15, 2025

Tharr

Mixed Feelings

Preliminary (141/144 eps)

I don't get the hype for this one. So, quickly:
The story is meh. Bland. More like a slice-of-life rom-com. Everyday stuff that sometimes also gets some romantic tangents. Thats it. Yes, some of it is funny (it really made me laugh in the first chapters), some of it is quite romantic, but still nothing to write about (not even in a review). People around them do stuff for/with the main couple. There is no character development, nothing "heavy". Ok, maybe a little bit of character, but mostly its implied and with some low effort. She changed because she wanted to and because the people around ...

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Jun 11, 2025

bergars

Not Recommended

It just kept going, man.

The story is about the normal guy, suddenly finding himself interacting with a tomboy, shark teethed girl who's strong as hell. Shenanigans ensue.

I'm glad all the “Normal guy, girl with a surprise element” manga that I started reading years ago have been finishing up. One of two things usually happen. The story grabs its little premise, and throws it away when it finally ran its small course. The story continues to evolve, and explore the characters as people who change with time, and it becomes a good, proper story. The second one, is staying true to the premise far ... into the future, where it will become stale, where it won't achieve anything, and it will end in nothingness. Another manga, destined to become part of the void.

You see where I'm going with this. The manga just didn't want to end. It's the kind of story which has an end-goal, in which it was already operating in shallow waters. The main characters were interesting for a bit, but, that didn't last long. There's not much that happens in the story, and not even in the Slice of Life genre kind of nothing, I mean actually nothing. I can't remember so much of the plot, I couldn't tell you what even happened in the middle. It was all a blur of tomboy sexualization, of putting our girl in skimpy outfits, of school shenanigans which are far too played out at this point.

After all that, it still tried to go beyond what stories usually do. It goes beyond the relationship status, and it does touch the future of our main couple, but since it's so shallow, I just didn't care. Their dynamic isn't fun, it's just idealistic. It's like watching the downtime of real couples, and that's fine in other manga which have a great dynamic between the leads.

I don't need conflict, I don't need there to be problems in the relationship, I just need to see their best moments, and a goal for each of them. MC doesn't have anything he strives for, he doesn't exist outside the relationship, and neither does our FMC. She doesn't exist outside the relationship, except for something she achieves very early on, leaving the rest of the story in a bunch of nothingness. They progress as a couple, that's literally it. Hell, get them worrying about exams, get them having an issue with meeting too much, helping each other sometimes, no it's just their lunchtime, and people supporting them non-stop. Give me something.

Nice art, sometimes, otherwise the faces are so stiff. None of them change expressions that much at all.

4/10. Whole lotta nothing, with some great tomboy art. That alone can't carry your story.

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