Kimi wa, Nina ja Nai
You Are Not Nina!

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8.7/10


Isn’t this just “Higehiro” with a gyaru? Yes. Is it f*cking good? Hell yeah. The high-schooler girl falling in love with an adult man is a rough and gray area that can either go awful or good, depending on how well the author decides to write characters or the plot. As I can recall, most of the time it goes insanely wrong to the point it becomes creepy; however, the plot points reasonably make sense while the development of the main cast is probably the best part about this manga.

I mistakenly interpreted the mc as another spineless, wimp of a man, like most romance ... mcs, but he gets developed by the author naturally and well. There’s not much forced progression he goes through, but rather just sweeping off the dust that has been covering his self-confidence. He’s also reasonable with his situation, and doesn’t have tunnel vision to f*ck a high schooler. The fmc also is set up pretty well with her plot points of running away (similar to “Higehiro”), and stands up for herself and the mc instead of watching the mc face all the struggle alone. So basically, she’s not a burden/useless fml; though, she thinks of herself as one at times, which makes it seem all the more human.

Besides for some unreasonable romantic developments and the annoying drama characters that have shown or will show up, it’s relatively wholesome and a nice read with character progression for the better. The plot seems pretty well-mapped out as well; though, I fear that the plot could become a clusterf*ck of drama with the later chapters, but as of now, it’s fantastic.


Reading Rankings (Portnoy inspired & A Huang Teizan Original)
10 – God’s penmanship
9 – Must-read. Drop everything else.
8 – Instant bookmark
7 – Entertaining
6 – Good to pass time
5 – Why are you reading this?
4 – Bad.
3 – Typical garbage.
2 – My head hurts.
1 – Retirement is a thought.
0 – “Did they even give you a story?!”

Since there's no synopsis allow me.

Mc had a rough life that lead to some very understandable trauma that caused him to quit work and start living like a neat of sorts. In his attempt to overcome whats happened he gets really into watching vtubers. That is until the person he looked up to the most somehow crashes into his life.

With that said, the age gap here is veryyyy hard to ignore. Its not exactly the largest one I've seen but its up there. That said mentioning the fmc age feels like a minor spoiler so I'll refrain. Finding a good age gap series is rough ... but this is Definitely one of the better ones.

The drama is sort of as expected, girl has problems, mc dude has problems, they help each other figure it out, and while whats happening is like 80% criminal its done in the most legal way.

The characters are good, the mc is the typical loser ish type but is surprisingly reliable while the fmc is happy and bold.

solid 8