is a Japanese

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series written and illustrated by Kei Sasuga. It was serialized in

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's manga magazine '' Weekly Shōnen Magazine'' from August 2009 to January 2013, with its chapters collected in 16 volumes. The manga has been licensed for English digital release in North America by

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Plot

Seiji Utsumi has a crush on schoolmate Shou Iketani, a cheerful, pretty and popular member of the tennis team. He is caught peeping at Shou by classmate Yuki Kurokawa, who gets Seiji to join the club and also coaches him on how to relate to Shou better. However, Seiji also grows to like Yuki, who is hesitant about being involved in any relationships.

Characters

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Publication

Written and illustrated by Kei Sasuga, a pilot one-shot chapter was published in

's manga magazine '' Weekly Shōnen Magazine'' on April 8, 2009; it was later published as a serialized manga in the same magazine from August 19, 2009, until its conclusion on January 9, 2013. Kodansha collected its chapters in sixteen volume, released from January 15, 2010, to February 15, 2013. In November 2019,

announced that they had licensed the manga in English for a digital release under their Kodansha Comics imprint; the sixteen volumes were released from January 14, 2020, to April 13, 2021.

Reception

The French edition of volume 1 received a 2/4 rating by Faustine Lillaz of planetebd.com. Volume 2 received a 1/4 rating.

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