Tonari no Atashi

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Nina is in love with her kind, handsome neighbor Kyosuke, and though he’s off to high school, she doesn’t see their friendly relationship changing much at all. But soon enough, Nina finds Kyosuke kissing another girl, his classmate. Will the one-year difference change them after all? Or can she work up the courage to confess and win him over once and for all? A sweet story of the joys and pains of first love. (Source: Kodansha Comics)

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Associated Names

Anh Bạn Hàng Xóm

Next to Me

Next to you (French)

To Be Next to You

بجانبي

สะดุดรัก คนข้างบ้าน

トナリノアタシ

隣のあたし

네 곁의 나

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Eternal Heart

Shoujo Sense

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Latest Release(s)

v.10 c.Extra 2 (end) by Shoujo Sense 12 years ago

v.10 c.Extra 1 by Shoujo Sense 12 years ago

v.10 c.38 by Shoujo Sense 12 years ago

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Status in Country of Origin

10 Volumes (Complete)

Completely Scanlated?

Yes

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Average: 7.9 / 10.0 (364 votes)

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Drama Romance School Life Shoujo
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Original Publisher

Kodansha

Serialized In (magazine)

Bessatsu Friend (Kodansha)

Licensed (in English)

Yes

English Publisher

Kodansha Comics (10 Vols - Complete; digital)

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quick entertaining read, just not particularly good or memorable

by brandito
2 months ago

Rating: 5.0 / 10.0

Plucky protagonist Nina, too innocent for her own good, falls in love with her childhood friend and hall-of-famer fuckup Mr. Mixed Signals Kyousuke, who seemingly rejects her feelings because she won't put out. Instead, driven by his savior complex, Kyousuke decides to start going out with another his club's manager Asou, and this is where I have to agree with a previous review that Asou was never the problem. Asou uses Kyousuke as a relief valve for the stress that her scumbag ex-boyfriend puts her through, but her situation and the situation of everyone else around them only gets so bad because of Kyousuke's repeated bad decision making. Kyousuke never even bothers to scare that scumbag ex away from Asou. He can't even do a proper job of having a savior complex!

You see, Kyousuke didn't reject Nina because she wouldn't give in to his attempts to kiss her. Instead, he rejected her because he genuinely puts no faith in her feelings and seemingly doesn't have any respect for her as an autonomous human being capable of making her own decisions and acting on her own emotions. What a relief! Is that better or worse? I don't know, you tell me. Kyousuke, go figure, decides that his hardline rejection of Nina's heartfelt feelings was a big oopsy when he realizes that she could just go find a better man, and while he doesn't do it on purpose, he does end up ruining her budding relationship with the love-quadrangle-bait Miyake, the boy too one-note to ever really serve as a serious rival (or can he...?), cockblocking Nina out of her uber-lifechanging Christmas date plans to finally give up the goods! If she does that then he could never kick Asou to the curb and hook up with his one true virginal love! Yeah it's a little gross, and the way the series handles sex is a bit eyeroll inducing.

A lot of plot contrivances ensue, you know the deal. If you've read a lot of middling shoujo romances you already know to expect the fated encounters, the misunderstandings, the "running into each other at the wrong time"s, the heartbreaker witnessed kisses, yadda yadda you've seen it all before. Does Nina eventually break through to her childhood love, or will she find a new blossoming romance somewhere else? There's really only two ways these tend to go. Oh, so it's bargain bin slop, been there done that, so why am I even writing this review? Well, I've got to give the series its flowers for maintaining its high tension and avoiding the filler arc pratfalls that make these stories feel like a huge waste of time. 10 volumes isn't that short, but it does feel like it goes by quicker than it could have otherwise. And at the end of the day, Nina is a charming character and you really want to see her shed the pain these characters are constantly putting her through. It's a pretty riveting read, and at the end of the day I'll take one of these over some boring action series or textdump isekai crap to put me to sleep.

And hey, I was happy to see Kyousuke not get his happy ending after all the shit he pulled. Turns out Miyake pulled off the hat trick, and he and Nina get to live happily ever after. While Asou continues getting harassed by her scumbag ex gripping the short end of the stick until the very last chapter. Wait no, Kyousuke gets a consolation prize too in the last volume in the form of another cute kouhai offering him an easy off-ramp. Fuck off!

So there you go, another childhood-friend "will-they-or-won't-they" "wait-why-don't-you" "you-easily-could!" "hurry-up-and-will-they-already!" "why-didn't-you-when-you-could?" romp. There's a million of 'em, and maybe a handful of good ones. Is this one of the good ones? Eh. At least it's got something resembling overarching themes. Solid 5.

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Ending is great ^^

by anon007
3 years ago

Rating: 10.0 / 10.0

I've read this years ago and I still love the ending just the way I did then.

I don't usually leave a comment but I need to say this. Asou IS a b*tch and to that commenter who "sympathize" with her, you are the one who should re-evaluate yourself. She has a boyfriend yet she still tries to mess around with Kyo and

freaking kiss him while she was still in a relationship with her boyfriend so yes she is a sl*t! She knew Kyo loves Nina and vice versa but of course she still wants to get together with Kyo just to be "his number one" lol Let's be real, she doesn't love Kyo when they started dating, she just wants something that her ex can't give her yet she doesn't want to let go of Kyo even though she knows Kyo likes Nina. Dragging Kyo into her messed up toxic relationship just to satisfy her greediness and jealousy is just selfish. She's manipulative and childish. Can't believe someone is stupid enough to sympathize with someone like her.

For me Nina is a great fl. She makes a great decision. Sad to think this manga can have a different outcome if it wasn't for Asou's manipulative way and

kyo's indecisiveness but I still like how it ended nonetheless.

I don't understand why people is complaining about the art because the art is super cute.

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An Okay read.

by ohkimch
7 years ago

Rating: 6.0 / 10.0

Not great, not terrible.

The reviewers on here are terrible, though, and way too supportive of/into the whole Madonna-Wh*re Complex bull that's such a hackneyed trope in manga.

Asou is flawed, but she really doesn't do anything villainous. She's a human teenager who'd been in a terrible relationship with an older guy who was kinda an a**hole, and she craved positive attention from a boyfriend figure. Kyousuke was a single guy with an attractive personality/appearance.

Everyone caling her a slvt needs to stop and reevaluate themselves.

I personally thought she was an idiot at times, and pitiful at others, but I never thought of her as a true antagonist. She didn't even actively try to sabotage Nina and Kyou's relationship or bully Nina, like any other shoujo villain would.

Nina's actions were more hurtful than Asou's, if we're going to be honest here, though she was never malicious. Nina hurt people with Bad Decisions because she's literally a kid, and as naïve/innocent as a fourteen year old can get.

That said, I did sympathize more with Yuiko than Nina. I sympathized most with Kyousuke, though, and thougght most poorly of Kumagawa.

The art was average - not bad, but not unique or pretty.

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THE ENDING!!!!

by sharkypt
8 years ago

Rating: 10.0 / 10.0

I'm so happy with the ending! I went through the whole thing thinking 'god please let Miyake and Nina stay together even though he's not the main boy'! This ending was just great, so satisfied!

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i jumped in boxers

by YanaseRyoko
8 years ago

Rating: 6.0 / 10.0

The ending was so good I don't feel sorry for kyousuke he's an idiot if he lover her too why did he hurt her so much, why did he ended up dating that slut, why ?? Because she rejected his kiss just for that. Asshole! Ugh. My bad. Well anyway I'm glad about the ending she finally realized her feelings. I'm quite happy bc miyake care about Nina feelings over his but the other guy he was just playing around he was giving hopes to Nina she believed it. I just hate him from the bottom of my heart. He lost the love of his life just for a slutty girl. You got what you deserve.

I like this manga because usually the girl always choose the asshole guy. But didn't happen I was praying for that actually.

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Good overall

by GreenGrass2012
9 years ago

Rating: N/A

It was good overall to me. I think it's the first manga that I ever hated a character this much

(Asou of course) .

The story is quite slow and sometimes there were some unnecessary things happened. But overall, I enjoyed it. The ending was satisfying for me.

Recommended to everyone.

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Dear god, shoujo mangakas: please empathize about the male lead

by Rozzak
9 years ago

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He's tossed around by a slut who ruins his lifelong mutual love. Then ends up forever alone while some jabronni is banging his unrequited love 5 ft away from his room. Jesus Christ have some goddamn empathy for the opposite gender when you write a manga.

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Had to Keep Reading

by Sogno
10 years ago

Rating: 7.0 / 10.0

It was honestly a rough beginning, very, should I say, shoujo-like. But it grows on you and it ends in a unique way. Not just in who she ends up with, but her interactions with other members of her family and fellow students. She's not some loner who makes friends throughout the manga. She already has friends and they support her. And though it is not free of drama, the bulk of it is centered around the main characters and not other random students in the school trying to create trouble.

Enjoyable read and would recommend to any shoujo fan.

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IT'S ok, but

by jeffreymgibson
10 years ago

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It's ok. And by the way, this is not the first manga to have this sort of ending. I have read many similar titles. There are a few things that bother me though.

Early in the manga, if she was really so in love with him, why did she reject his kisses twice. That's not the way to convince someone you love them and want to date them. Also, if he really liked her all along, then why turn down her confession and date someone else. It really makes no sense at all. Last but not least, she seemed to move on rather fast. Under normal circumstances, it would probably be normal to move on in the given amount of time, but I think it was be nearly impossible to move on while living next door to the person and interacting with them on a daily basis.

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Ending was good!

by Omlil
10 years ago

Rating: 10.0 / 10.0

Every character got what it deserved.
A very good story, like the heroine a lot. Not your typical crybaby shoujo manga character.

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