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After School Mate

Alternative Titles

Synonyms: After Schoolmate
Japanese: アフタースクールメイト


Information

Type: Manga
Volumes: 2
Chapters: 13
Status: Finished
Published: Nov 30, 2021 to May 17, 2022
Genre: Drama Drama
Theme: School School
Demographic: Shounen Shounen
Serialization: Shounen Jump+
Authors: Umino, Kuon (Story & Art)

Statistics

Score: 7.151 (scored by 605605 users)
1 indicates a weighted score.
Ranked: #67282
2 based on the top manga page. Please note that 'R18+' titles are excluded.
Popularity: #12124
Members: 1,491
Favorites: 11

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Chapters: /13

Synopsis

Family, friends, himself... Rika is frustrated by his inability to gain understanding of the gender difference between his body and mind, and one day he gets into a fight with his mother and runs away from home. There he meets Satsuki, a boy who can share his feelings of not being understood... The two meet and confront the issues they have been running away from... A coming-of-age drama that questions "individuality"!

(Source: Shueisha, translated)

Characters

Satsuki
Supporting

Reviews

Nov 25, 2024
After School Mate – Spoiler Free – Recommended

TLDR
Story – 6,5/10 – 6,5 x 0.275 = 1,7875
Art – 6/10 – 6 x 0.2 = 1,2
Characters – 7/10 – 7 x 0.225 = 1,575
Enjoyment – 7/10 – 7 x 0.3 = 2,1
Total: 6,6625 -> 7

Story – 6,5/10
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Jul 22, 2024
After School Mate is how to write a short series. It tells an absolutely beautifull story about finding your identity and self worth.

I'll start with the best part of this series being the characters. The main character Rika is extremely likable and you really feel for him for the whole story. HE feels like an actual person and his struggles with his family are perfectly executed. The second MC Satsuki's struggles with his family are a little bit of an afterthought, but in the end they are handeled wel, though I wish they were more prevelant. All the other characters are likable (or not, ...
Mar 7, 2025
Many things could be written about the ideology connected to this manga, but that would make this an ideology review rather than a manga review, so I’ll try to stick just to the manga elements.

So let’s start with the art instead. Do you see that cover picture of volume 1 right there? It looks alright, right? Well that’s the best the art of this manga will ever look, and by far. The drawings look really amateurish, and it has this weird mix of modern-like manga with oldschool gigantic eyes stylization which together with not sticking to the anatomy much makes the art look really uncanny. ...

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