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Synonyms: Rec: Yume no Kiroku, Silver Street Romance, Gin no Machi Romantic

Japanese: ●REC

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Type: Manga

Volumes: 16

Chapters: 127

Status: Finished

Published: Nov 19, 2002 to Mar 19, 2013

Genres: Comedy, Romance, Ecchi

Theme: Showbiz

Demographic: Seinen

Serialization: Sunday Gene-X

Authors: Hanamizawa, Q-tarou (Story & Art)

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Score: 7.11¹ (scored by 2,573 users)

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Ranked: #7245²

² based on the top manga page. Please note that 'R18+' titles are excluded.

Popularity: #2372

Members: 8,530

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Apr 26, 2010

leingodf8

Recommended

Preliminary (Unknown/127 chp)

REC is a hard manga to review... It really is hard to place why i even like this manga. It definitely has a lot of problems, and it isn't exactly breaking boundaries in an attempt to be original (although its not exactly main stream). But for some reason I can't entirely explain, I do quite enjoy this manga for the most part.

The story is a pretty simple man woman affair, only now about a lowly salary worker and a voice actress who is only just starting her career. It really is nothing special, the comedy is pretty decent with a lot of that classic ecchi ... guy living with girl stuff going on. You'll probably get a few laughs out of it but as always if you expected the story to be good in an romantic comedy then you obviously haven't read enough.

Now the more important part to any story of this sorts, is the characters. And really... the main characters are rather dim. Our hero, Fumihiko, is a guy with a pretty dead end job, who seems to be on a constant quest to get into Aka's panties. Aka on the other hand, is our heroine, and tends to be rather defensive about what she does with Fumihiko, but she at least always tries her best at her profession. Of course we get to find out about the love of these 2 and all the bumps along the way and really at first its hard to root for them. They both seem to be constantly tempted to leave each other, and they always seem to be kinda cheating on each other (but not really... if that makes any sense). But this also seems to work for the story as a whole, it seems every time a guy stops chasing Aka, there's a girl chasing Fumihiko, and it strangely kinda balances the guilt that each other feels out. The love is awkward and kinda strange, but it gives it a much more realistic feel to it that way and as such you start to feel a lot more compassionate about it. The author really does a decent job of showing that they do care for each other most of all, but just have problems showing it, and in a very unsettling way, its kinda heart warming.

Now I really couldn't blame you if you decided to forgo this manga as there is a lot out there that is better than it. The characters are real idiots at times and you feel pissed whenever they start to stray down the wrong path (again), but its this that makes you feel a bit closer to them, and lets you smile a bit when they realize the error of their ways,a and return to the right path. So, for what its worth, I'd actually recommend this manga. Its a very strange thing for me to say as there is a lot of things I do hate about it, but I still keep coming back for more so that's gotta account for something. Try it out if you've got time and who knows, it might surprise ya.

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Mar 23, 2012

justpooky

Recommended

Preliminary (46/127 chp)

Rec, this manga.........

Story I felt scored a 7, if not a 8.
The story starts off as you guys know as two people being more than friends but less than lovers. The story is nicely atoned as the two develop their relationship. There are parts where....... ARGHHHHHH.
*SPOILER*************
Ch24 REALLLY REALLY MADE ME MAD!!! =( . Many say that they "penetrated" but at the same time as many people said that they didn't. I'd really like to believe that they didn't.
Anyway the mishap on chapter 24 in any means really strengthened their relationship.
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At the start of the story, I really enjoyed their development ...

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Jun 14, 2013

Narudatsu

Recommended

REC is a relaxed romance manga about a salaryman and a aspiring anime voice actress. There is some comedy, drama, and the manga is a bit mature.

Story 6 - The story wasn't very what's the word... PAZZAZZ. Seriously. The story is pretty boring. The biggest jump in the story in my opinion is the fact that these two love birds meet each other after a fire at the girl's apartment. The story is seriously boring. I mean it's not like dead retarded boring. But don't expect to laugh or cry. I basically read this whole thing with a straight face. The one thing that is ...

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