Chitose-kun wa Ramune Bin no Naka (Chitose Is in the Ramune Bottle)

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Synonyms: Chiramune, Chitose-kun is Inside a Ramune Bottle

Japanese: 千歳くんはラムネ瓶のなか

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Type: Manga

Volumes: 8

Chapters: 34

Status: Finished

Published: Apr 11, 2020 to Jan 10, 2025

Genres: Comedy, Romance

Themes: Harem, School

Serialization: Manga UP!

Authors: Hiromu (Story), Bobcat (Art)

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Score: 6.76¹ (scored by 495 users)

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Ranked: #13442²

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Popularity: #7008

Members: 3,290

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Chitose Is in the Ramune Bottle (manga)

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"After all, death is better than an unbeautiful life." Saku Chitose is living the good life. He's got his friends, his harem of hotties, and his haters. What more could he ask for? However...his reputation as a problem-solver may be more trouble than it's worth. So when a teacher saddles him with the task of bringing a shut-in back to school, it's not like he can just brush it off. But no sweat! After all, there's nothing he can't handle...right?

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Chitose-kun wa Ramune Bin no Naka has been published in English as Chitose Is in the Ramune Bottle by Yen Press since July 12, 2022.

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Nanase, Yuzuki

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Chitose, Saku

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Hiiragi, Yuuko

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Nishino, Asuka

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Uchida, Yua

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Aomi, Haru

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Yamazaki, Kenta

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Iwanami, Kuranosuke

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Uemura, Atomu

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Mizushino, Kazuki

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Aug 12, 2024

DennyRodrig

Mixed Feelings

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Well-written

Preliminary (20/34 eps)

All right, first things first, this manga isn't for everyone. I write this assuming the author was conscious of their decision and wrote the story they wanted to tell regardless. But that decision means a lot of people will not enjoy this manga for what it is: a subversion of the classic misfit trope (more pronounced during the first arc) that for quite a while now hadn't seen a fresh take. Author might have been a little too bold coming up with their protagonists though, pushing away a lot of readers, no doubt.

What people coming to this manga without knowing much about it beforehand should ... keep in mind, in my opinion, is that you'll be seeing the story of the people who are usually side characters in most light novels and manga we encounter out there. Here, the main protagonist and his friends do not start belonging to the group of awkward kids who struggle to communicate and go through school life dreading every single social interaction that common Japanese authors seen so fixated on.

What you find instead is a protagonist who is articulate, confident, talented, and—perhaps the nail in the coffin for a lot of readers—self aware. There's a reason characters with these traits are usually side characters: it's really hard to create engagement with the average reader. After all, rooting for someone who appears to have everything already figured out kinda feels silly. Not to mention the fact most people come to manga and such as a means of escapism, and, unfortunately, in this day and age many believe that means leaving your brain on stand by mode.

Now, I won't say this story is the next best thing to come out of the East and will blow you away with its fresh take on the genre. It won't. The dialogue is pretty on the nose and the story beats are, more or less, the same you read before on other manga, even if here they are used to make you question your perception of other people's struggles, instead of make you sympathize with the common underdog we are used to seeing. And here lies the main hurdle the author faces with this type of story: too many harsh truths written on a page make most people stop reading, rather than entice them to continue reading and reassess their idea of things.

For some time now my friends and I have become bored with the depiction of the same misfit character that changes only in appearance between one manga to the next—if that—, so this subversion was very welcomed to us. Author seems to have set out to explore what goes on beneath the surface of the "perfect teenager", but not in a gloomy way, as other stories somewhat tried before. Here we see a protagonist who not only embraces his ego but is also confident this is how life should be lived. Bad for attracting readers unable to question their preconceptions, but really fun for lovers of character building who were aching to get away from the staleness of the high school setting genre. As I said though, some harsh truths are written right on the first few chapters, which I believe was the author way of making sure people understood early what this story was about, and chose to stay only if they were interested in it.

Past all that I felt needed to be explained, this manga offers an interesting view on which types of struggles people who seem to be doing well in life go through. There's some exaggeration here and here, some decisions from both the protagonist and his misfit friend from the first arc that are head scratchers—this is manga after all—, but overall I have been enjoying how the author bring these situations to the page. If you're someone who is able to empathize with characters not for their difficulties but for how they handle them, was sort of fed up with the weak character vibe of the month trend we had going on, and can handle the harsh truths the author will make you read right from the get go, I highly recommend this manga. Otherwise, stay away.

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Aug 9, 2024

VanVeleca

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Funny

Preliminary (20/34 eps)

I want to smash in Chitose's face with a hammer, he's such a massive piece of shit.

He's genuinely just a bad person but the story doesn't have the balls to actually call him a full on piece of human dog shit with two legs. It SLIGHTLY touches upon on that, but immediatly within the next few chapters it brings up all these things about how he's actually the best guy ever.

Every girl we get introduced to seems to have feelings for him because he's just sooooo cool. He manages to shut down the strawmen instantly because he's just soooo awesome. He is just such ...

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Oct 27, 2024

Shirayukin

Not Recommended

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Preliminary (24/34 eps)

Lured in by the premise of an atypical high school rom-com protagonist, but he ends up being the very reason that drags this typical high school rom-com story down.

Instead of following the usual anti-social MC, this series also known as Chiramune follows a story from the point of view of the most popular guy in class: Chitose Saku. One problem with most stories within the same subgenre is to justify the way the heroines fall for the unsocial protagonist. Being the sociable, handsome, smart, and athletic guy should have made it easy to understand why Chitose was able to have an established harem from the ...

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