Miageru to Kimi wa

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Type: Manga

Volumes: 4

Chapters: 33

Status: Finished

Published: May 8, 2018 to Oct 8, 2019

Genre: Romance

Demographic: Seinen

Serialization: Evening

Authors: Kobori, Makoto (Story & Art)

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Ranked: #6158²

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Members: 11,171

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Following a brutal rejection of his first love confession, 17-year-old Yuuki Shibuki is left in tears at the park, with nothing to do but curse his misfortune. He was told he was too short and feminine—all of which Yuuki is painfully aware of, but he is still inconsolable. That is, until a tall, hooded stranger plays a beautiful melody on their guitar, lifting Yuuki out of his misery.

Although moved by the guitarist, Yuuki's feelings linger. When he returns to the park for some peace and quiet, a tall, gorgeous girl sits next to him, asking if he has gotten over his heartbreak. Introducing herself as Chikako Takamine, she reveals that the song he heard was hers—and it was written specifically for him. Surprised yet grateful, Yuuki accepts the friendly gesture, and the newfound friendship between the two marks the beginning of a beautiful relationship.

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Takamine, Chikako

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Shibuki, Yuuki

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Kashiwagi, Kanae

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Feb 23, 2020

Roboto_San

Recommended

Preliminary (33/33 eps)

Looking up to you 8/10-(First Half) 6/10-(Second half) (don't ask me how 33 chapters can be split evenly in two.)

First off, I'm going to split the review between the first and second half as I would like to tackle them as two separate entities. (Except the category of art as it doesn't change at all between the two halves.)

First Half- Story 8/10
Nothing groundbreaking it's your average romance manga plot with the super cool girl and the earnest boy.
Honestly despite how cliche the plot is, it's still very enjoyable and some emotions sparked off my flinty ...

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Feb 15, 2020

RobBobBobbery

Recommended

Preliminary (33/33 eps)

This series stands in a weird spot with me because too be frank, it's not super good, but I would 100% percent suggest that you read it. It's not that the series is just atrociously written in a way that reading through it is worth such a good laugh or any other ways that a subpar manga would be suggested, but more the fact that this series embodies the essence of a "feel good series", and The art is incredibly fluffy and warm, the story itself is simple and easy to get into and coupled with its great shoujo style art gives you a fuzzy ... feeling the entire way through.

The story follows the main characters Chikako Takamine and Yuuki Shibuki, two people who are polar opposites to each other. Chikako is a tall, beautiful, athletic and handsome girl , a standout player of the guitar, with a warm, calm and inviting personality, and good grades who's beloved by everybody she meets. Yuuki is a short and rambunctious boy with a more feminine appearance and a constant flow of childlike enthusiasm, although this can manage to get him in trouble and doesn't keep him very grounded in the here and now. It keeps to a pattern of simple back and forth of presenting an issue of one or both characters self perception and how the experiences and support of both together helps them overcome that negative self perception and accept themselves more fully. The entire way through it's a bundle of positive affirmations about unapologetically being who you truly are as they face their final year of high school and imminent adulthood together.

We start off meeting Yuuki after he was turned down almost viciously by the girl he had a crush on, due to the qualities about him I previously stated. Heartbroken, he sees a disguised Chikako at a playground where she's entrancing a crowd with her guitar skills, playing a song secretly meant to lift his spirits, which works but she disappears after only offering him a supportive pat on the head. They later find themselves meeting again at school, which begins a strong friendship and later romantic relationship.

What really hurts this series for me is its use of characters. Outside of Chikako and Yuuki, nobody is really there. There's two supporting characters that are the best friends of both main characters and stand out from all the other supporting characters, but they still are a part of the collective that doesn't get a proper share of screen time. This neglecting of their development ended up with them feeling fairly empty whenever they were a part of the story, which lead to me mostly forgetting they existed as soon as they were no longer in panel, and portions of the series have some fairly ambiguous dialogue, especially the ending which unfortunately do take away from the experience.

However, both Yuuki and Chikako both are well established. They get tons of time and attention both apart and together that grows their individual characters, but also makes their relationship very strong and real, grabbing my investment and leaving an impact on me even through the issues of the series and the months it's been since I originally read it. Watching these two grow and help each other learn to accept the totality of their identities and their passions was nothing short of a treat.

This was a relatively short read, 33 chapters isn't necessarily very long especially since the writing didn't demand a lot of investment overall and I ended up binging it in the span of one day. It jumps from each "arc" decently quickly but because there's only two characters that needed establishing throughout the story everything except for the end felt well tied up and conclusive as it moved between each part. It's unfortunate that the series was so short because it's clear the author had such a fantastic understanding of the relationship of the characters but didn't get the chance to present everything that could've been presented to properly end it.

In summary, read this story. Read it if you're feeling down or just want an adorable, sweet, relaxed story to wile away the hours to. Read it in spite of its flaws. Trust me, it's worth the time spent.

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Aug 15, 2025

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Mixed Feelings

Kinda mixed on this one! I liked quite a lot of it, was iffy on some others. Overall, I think the series was quite sweet, and I found it to be a good read. Both the male and female MC were likable and had decent chemistry together. The ending was really sweet, and the progression between the main two was genuinely quite moving. My only real complaint, and it did put a decent hamper on my enjoyment, was the character design of the main boy, Yuuki. I love height difference manga, specifically that of a shorter man and taller woman, but here it was really ...

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