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Watashi ni XX Shinasai! © Toyama Ema/Kodansha
[Serialized in Nakayoshi]
Published in Indonesia as XX Me! by Elex Media
XX Me! by Toyama Ema ♥ Bite me!
Review/Recommendation by huamulan03 (Some rights reserved)
Rating: 9 of 10 ♥
May contain [SPOILERS!]
The Lowdown
"Snow-woman" Yukina leads a double life as a lionized cell-phone novelist and a marginalized school girl (her stares get mistaken for glares). But writer Yupina's number 1 spot in the popularity polls is threatened by virgin Yukina's inability to write romance, her fanbase's next level expectation.
Given that Yukina uses her classmates as novel fodder, she ropes in the school's most popular Mr. Nice Guy Shigure to provide her the real-life lurve experience she (and her novel) lacks.
Now why would Shigure agree to Yukina's bothersome proposition? Because by accident, Yukina finds Shigure's student diary, a journal in which he notes down the girls who confess to him (and the circumstances under which those love declarations occur) and the teachers' quirks (and thus how to manipulate them). Possession of the diary allows Yukina to blackmail Shigure into compliance — with the added bonus that since it is Shigure who is her sparring partner, Yukina won't be hurt by their false love game.
Famous last words.
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