Furare Girl

Add to My List

Add to Favorites

Alternative Titles

Japanese: フラレガール

Information

Type: Manga

Volumes: 14

Chapters: 68

Status: Finished

Published: Mar 5, 2018 to Jun 3, 2022

Genres: Comedy, Romance

Theme: School

Demographic: Shoujo

Serialization: Hana to Yume

Authors: Tsutsumi, Kakeru (Story & Art)

Statistics

Score: 7.54¹ (scored by 969 users)

¹ indicates a weighted score.

Ranked: #2748²

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

Popularity: #5270

Members: 4,151

Favorites: 37

Available At

Official Site

Resources

Wikipedia

7.54

Ranked #2748Popularity #5270Members 4,151

MangaHana to YumeTsutsumi, Kakeru (Story & Art)

Add to My List

Volumes: /14

Chapters: /68

Edit
Synopsis

Due to her unfathomably glamorous looks and raw sex appeal, Hibiki Akasaka has always been compared to Marilyn Monroe. However, beneath this veneer of allure is a girl who simply wants to be loved. Unfortunately for her, she only seems to draw lascivious gazes, and even her mere sighs are erotic enough to get boys' blood pumping.

To make matters worse, Hibiki's beloved boyfriend dumped her, citing her looks as being too much for him to handle. Fresh off of the breakup, she is not looking for another man. That is, until her classmate Daichi Aoyama confesses in an outrageous fashion: he asks her to be his mistress! Although reluctant at first, Hibiki decides to give love another chance as Aoyama resolves to treasure her. However, Aoyama faces a seemingly insurmountable hurdle. As the world keeps throwing the pair into one tantalizing situation after another, can he hold back his desires and impending nosebleed?

[Written by MAL Rewrite]

More characters
Characters

Aoyama, Daichi

Main

Akasaka, Hibiki

Main

Sakuranomiya, Mameko

Supporting

Gotou, Ayafumi

Supporting

Zaizen, Ushio

Supporting

Reviews

Sep 20, 2021

Ninja_Cat101

Recommended

Preliminary (30/68 eps)

This manga is criminally underrated. The plot's setting starts off following the same script as most romance mangas. A high school girl who's beauty attracts the entire school's male population. One guy, who's a little different from the rest, asks her out on a date. And this is where the story really takes off.

The male lead is very adorable with a spicy side but is extremely kind and caring as well. The female lead also has a personality which really makes me happy (the bar is on the floor, I know).

The art itself is pretty well done, and the characters are very distinct. The ...

Open

Gift

Aug 22, 2020

merope28

Recommended

Preliminary (19/68 eps)

This manga has no love rivals!!! SO YAY! IT focuses more on the two leads who are dating each other. Each chapter, the leads make more progress in their relationship and each chapter is entertaining.

Also, its sexy girl x cute puppy guy so ITS EVEN MORE CUTE CAUSE THEY BOTH ARE SO SHY!!! But of course, there is very good progress between them ¬‿¬

THERE IS SO MUCH CUTENESS, FLUFF, AND ROMANCE!!!

Little to none drama and if there is, it is resolved quickly.
There is definitely some ecchi in this manga but it just makes the manga even better. So look forward to ...

Open

Gift

Sep 23, 2022

pumpkinnmayo

Not Recommended

Preliminary (35/68 eps)

Spoiler

Everything about this story feels out-of-place, and it suffers from poor pacing, uninspired takes on common cliches, mediocre art, and egregious fan service. This is a middling at best shounen, ecchi manga written in a shoujo magazine, and if I had known that going in, I never would have started this series. I dislike fan service in general, and only considered the series because it was highly recommended, so I'm warning others to not make my same mistake. But even ignoring the creepy fan service, the plot, characters, and overall dynamic between the leads is uninspired and trite at best.

The plot is quite simple: a ... high school girl Akasaka is dumped by her older boyfriend, and has difficulty moving on. She dislikes all the attention from men she gets, which heavily objectifies her based on her physical appearance, rather than on anything else. She meets a fellow classmate, Aoyama, who has a crush on her, confesses to her, and she agrees to go on a trial dating period after he saves her from a humiliating situation. The end up getting together, and it's a story of their romance, a familiar high school romance.

There's a few ways to execute familiar plots well, and unfortunately, Furare Girl fails at it. You can either have novel takes that break the cliches (Mars), have well-developed characters, execute common tropes to excellence (Kimi Ni Todoke), focus on small interactions in the day-to-day (Love So Life), put the story in a novel world (Vampire Knight, Fruits Basket), or do them in comedic excess (Ouran Host Club, Maid Sama) so the story is a novel, affectionate parody of itself. Furare Girl tries for the comedic excess and falls flat almost all the time. The story is common, the characters are dull, the jokes miss, and it feels painfully contrived at every step.

That's not to say this series does everything poorly: the trial period and "will they, won't they" is very short, and they get together almost immediately. Their trial dates are cute, from taking her to a "cat cafe" (just an outdoor park where cats gather) to a picnic. They lie down looking at the stars and the beautiful lights from the nearby factory. She meets her ex-boyfriend right at the end of the trial period, finally comes to terms that she's moved on, and the two leads get together. The characters actually act their age, which is a rarity in a lot of high-school romances, which are often sanitized and more platonic than real portrayals of kids that age. Akasaka's jealousy of Aoyama and her brother's relationship is actually justified: it's clear Aoyama has some interest in him. But, that's about it.

The plot mostly delves around short arcs that last 1-3 chapters before moving on. But almost inevitably, each arc requires extreme levels of male gaze, and even makes jokes that break the fourth wall for this. Women's bodies are the object of the camera's attention. The cover pages and extras make this even worse. It's painfully obvious this story was written for horny men. The only redeeming part here is that the objectified characters are supposed to look older than they are, and the art is so poor it's hard to tell if they're 15 or 30. You can have characters act their age without egregious objectification. In Horimiya, both Hori and Miyamura have active sex lives but neither is the object of the camera. Nana and Paradise Kiss both have adult characters with intimate relationships, but none of the characters exist as a fantasy for the audience. Furare Girl doesn't suffer from more "adult" relationships. It's just creepy.

The pacing is just terrible. For the Valentine's day arc, we learn that after Aoyama has moved in with Akasaka (his home collapsed), he's gained what seems to be ~100 pounds. He's worried that Akasaka may no longer love him if he stays overweight, so he decides to join a military-style bootcamp. Of course, it turns out it's practically just a concentration camp and he won't be able to leave after shedding all the weight. The others at the camp sacrifice themselves so he can escape in a passage dug under the grounds. We learn Akasaka is working a part time job now. Somehow, she's been only mildly concerned that she hasn't seen him in a week even though they live together. Finally, they reunite on Valentine's day, and we learn she's saved up her money to buy plus size clothing for him, still loving him even after he gained the weight (awwe).

All of this happens in a single chapter of 30 pages, rather than a natural arc over 8 or so chapters. We don't learn anything interesting of Aoyama's bootcamp. There's no comedy, no humor, nothing of interest. It just passes by so quick it's almost like it never happened. We are told Akasaka is working a part-time job, but we never get to see anything significant of her at it. They reunite, she gives him the present, realizes he can't use it anymore, but they're glad to see each other in only a few panels. And then, of course, the story moves onto something completely different.

The plot contrivances to drive conflict in the story are haphazardly made on the spot, feel cheap, and mostly exist to maximize the objectification of Akasaka as possible. Aoyama suffers from severe nosebleeds at first when having any contact with Akasaka. Of course, this randomly switches to him literally melting into a puddle of water when it's convenient. And once that's over, spirits randomly are haunting her house, so she accidentally comforts him in the most sexual manner possible, with of course, the camera leering at her in the worst way. He's freaking out and having nightmares and... the entire family apparently already knows the house is haunted by spirits? It's silly, but it's not clever or funny.

It uses most tropes, but in an entirely uninspired fashion. Akasaka's shirt gets wet and see-through, so the love interest saves the day. They sneak out at night to spend time together on the school trip. There's a cross-dressing cosplay cafe for the cultural festival. The female lead is the idol of the school, with everyone wanting to date her, and the guy is relatively unknown. Aoyama tries to defend Akasaka from being hit on or leered at by fellow classmates, only to get beat up. That's especially ironic given the story seems to be a pretense to objectify her as much as possible. Also, two muscle men are standing right there to protect the girls, so he's getting beat up just for fun? Aoyama manages to recognize a disguised Akasaka when the rest of the school can't, but it's because... he searched "How to give hickey" with her and then just randomly gave her one sitting outside of the school. She's wearing a dolphin mask while half the school is searching for her, and she's the only one in a mask. There's promise, but it's always executed poorly.

This story is just bad. It's creepy, leering, and the plot devices are uninspired and mediocre at best. The only seeming difference from your stock high school romcom is to make it as horny as possible. It doesn't even have a clever take on a perverted lead, like Lovesick Ellie, where Eriko basically exists in a world of hilariously inaccurate fanfiction. It's not worth your time and there's nothing more to it.

Open

Gift

More stacks

Interest Stacks

THE ELITE SHOUJO BOYS ✨💫

by kleinisdaddy

50 Entries · 249 Restacks

blushy's manga binge

by blushyboo

8 Entries · 2 Restacks

The Ultimate Gekkan Shoujo Nozaki-kun Recommendations List

by Evergreen7913

26 Entries · 19 Restacks

More recommendations
Recommendations

More news
Recent News

More discussions
Recent Forum Discussion

Poll: Furare Girl Chapter 1 Discussion euls - Jan 13, 2020	2 replies	by narhilistaa »» May 11, 2024 1:34 AM
Poll: Furare Girl Chapter 36 Discussion nushrathumaira - Dec 2, 2023	0 replies	by nushrathumaira »» Dec 2, 2023 7:16 PM
Poll: Furare Girl Chapter 35 Discussion Short_Circut - Sep 13, 2022	0 replies	by Short_Circut »» Sep 13, 2022 7:27 AM
Poll: Furare Girl Chapter 34 Discussion Short_Circut - Apr 15, 2022	0 replies	by Short_Circut »» Apr 15, 2022 9:09 AM
Poll: Furare Girl Chapter 4 Discussion euls - Jan 13, 2020	1 replies	by CQLLIST »» Feb 28, 2022 7:13 AM

Furare Girl
Edit

What would you like to edit?

Alternative Titles

Information

Statistics

Available At

Resources

Edit
Synopsis

Visit MALxJapan
MALxJapan -More than just anime-

More characters
Characters

Reviews

Interest Stacks

More recommendations
Recommendations

More news
Recent News

More discussions
Recent Forum Discussion

MoreTop Anime

MoreTop Airing Anime

MoreMost Popular Characters

Furare Girl Edit What would you like to edit? SynopsisBackgroundAlternative TitlesPictureChapters/VolumesPublishing DatesRelationsTypeExternal Links

Alternative Titles

Information

Statistics

Available At

Resources

EditSynopsis

Visit MALxJapan MALxJapan -More than just anime-

More charactersCharacters

Reviews

Interest Stacks

More recommendations Recommendations

More newsRecent News

More discussionsRecent Forum Discussion

MoreTop Anime

MoreTop Airing Anime

MoreMost Popular Characters

Furare Girl
Edit

What would you like to edit?

Edit
Synopsis

Visit MALxJapan
MALxJapan -More than just anime-

More characters
Characters

More recommendations
Recommendations

More news
Recent News

More discussions
Recent Forum Discussion