Shoujo Manga Shujinkou x Rival-san
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Shoujo Manga Shujinkou x Rival-san

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Synonyms: Protagonist x Rival
Japanese: 少女漫画主人公×ライバルさん


Information

Type: Manga
Volumes: 4
Chapters: 47
Status: Finished
Published: Apr 22, 2020 to Aug 20, 2021
Genres: Comedy Comedy, Girls Love Girls Love
Theme: School School
Demographic: Shounen Shounen
Serialization: Gangan Joker
Authors: Kuu (Story & Art)

Statistics

Score: 7.331 (scored by 21832,183 users)
1 indicates a weighted score.
Ranked: #44332
2 based on the top manga page. Please note that 'R18+' titles are excluded.
Popularity: #3873
Members: 5,548
Favorites: 58
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MangaGangan JokerKuu (Story & Art)
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Volumes: /4
Chapters: /47

Synopsis

Kimura-san wants to get close to her crush Mizushima-kun, but the beautiful and confrontational Hiyama-san has a problem with that... though it's not the kind of problem you'd expect from this scenario.

(Source: MangaDex)

Background

Shoujo Manga Shujinkou x Rival-san began as a web comic on the author's Twitter and pixiv accounts on May 24, 2019. The first volume containing the web chapters with extras was released by Square Enix on April 22, 2020, and serialization began in Gangan Joker on the same day.

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Reviews

Sep 5, 2022
Spoiler
The story follows the daily lives of Kimura and Hiyama, two high school girls. Kimura is a shy girl, a bit cowardly and with very little self-confidence; Hiyama on the other hand at first glance seems rude, confrontational and aggressive although appearances can be deceiving, since she is hopelessly in love with Kimura(this is a yuri manga after all). Having said that, the story introduces a third character: Mizushima, Hiyama's childhood friend and Kimura's love interest; and with this the comedy is served.

Beware of spoilers from here on out:

"Protagonist x Rival" is a short story, despite having 4 volumes and 47 chapters. From what I ...
Jul 22, 2023
Mixed Feelings
This is a one-gimmick gag manga that suddenly decided to become a romantic comedy halfway through. It succeeded.

As the stereotypical shōjo romance manga clichés go, the protagonist is a plain but good-hearted girl who's eclipsed by the more popular but mean-spirited 'rival' girl vying for the same love interest as the protagonist. The gimmick in question here is that the rival is openly interested in the protagonist herself rather than her love interest, much to the protagonist's chagrin. This single joke insists upon itself for the first ten chapters, with the exact same setup and the exact same punchline, only differing in the comically exaggerated ...

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