Warau Kanoko-sama

Description

Although she doesn't get along with people very well, Kanoko considers herself a perfect "observer". Her hobby is observing the students in her third year junior high class and keeping a journal of the classroom drama. But what will happen when Kanoko becomes involved with some of her classmates?

Type

Manga

Related Series

Koi da no Ai da no (Sequel)

Oouso Swing (Spin-Off)

Koi Nashi Ai Nashi (Sequel)

Associated Names

Cynical Kanoko

Laughing Lady Kanoko

Smiling Lady Kanoko

The Secret Notes of Lady Kanoko

Uśmiech Kanoko (Polish)

Warau Kanoko sama

Warau Kanokosama

คาโนะโกะ สาวแว่นเจ้าแม่ข่าวกรอง (Thai)

小鹿的觀察日記

笑うかのこ様

웃는 카노코씨

Groups Scanlating

Dhiary

JShoujo Scans

Latest Release(s)

v.3 c.Omake (end) by Dhiary 14 years ago

v.3 c.14 by Dhiary 14 years ago

v.3 c.13 by Dhiary 14 years ago

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Status in Country of Origin

3 Volumes (Complete)

Completely Scanlated?

Yes

Anime Start/End Chapter

N/A

User Reviews

N/A

Forum

1 topics, 3 posts

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User Rating

Average: 8.4 / 10.0 (858 votes)

Bayesian Average: 8.33 / 10.0

29%

23%

14%

Last Updated

February 13th, 2025 3:29pm PST - 2 months ago

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Genre

Comedy Drama Romance School Life Shoujo
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Author(s)

Artist(s)

Year

Original Publisher

Hakusensha

Serialized In (magazine)

LaLa DX (Hakusensha)

Licensed (in English)

English Publisher

TokyoPop (Canceled / 2 Vols)

Activity Stats (vs. other series)

Weekly Pos #637

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Monthly Pos #1884 (No change)

3 Month Pos #3058

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6 Month Pos #4283

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Year Pos #5234

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List Stats

On 871 reading lists

On 830 wish lists

On 2652 completed lists

On 92 unfinished lists

On 520 custom lists

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Loved it. Anyone doing the sequel?

14 years ago

User Comments [ Order by usefulness ]

A Bit Repetitive and Slow, But Different

by gloriousmangalover
6 years ago

Rating: 6.0 / 10.0

This is the prequel to the more famous sequel, so I’ll give it some room.

FMC is an absolute BAMF. She’s great, really. One reviewer mentioned that the mangaka overemphasized her “different” qualities too much, and honestly I agree with that. It does get a little tiring, but she always blows me away in the end.
Tsubaki is your average shoujo “cool guy”. He obviously likes Kanoko, finds her interesting, and enjoys talking to her. But he doesn’t “show” it, per se. Usually I would have a problem with stereotypical cool guys, but I forgive it because he treats Kanoko with respect (and teasing, but respect mostly).
Side characters were very forgettable, but that’s only because of the episodic nature of this manga.
Speaking of, the manga is episodic to a fault. Like, a lot of its plot development is sacrificed in order to contain everything needed in a few panels. It reads like a one-shot for every chapter, which I originally thought it was.
However, interestingly enough, the romantic development is mostly just unchanged and really just one-sided.
Character development isn’t really very obvious, either, but it is short so I’ll forgive small shortcomings.
Art is okay, average, could be better.
Avoids cliches by being the outside viewer watching cliches, which was interesting. The only major cliche was the MMC.
The premise, however, was deeply interesting.

TL;DR: It’s alright, nothing fancy. The development is sluggish because of the manga being episodic, overall a little cliche, average art, forgettable side characters, but very interesting premise and even more interesting FMC. Therefore, 6/10.

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I love it

by The1Rin
6 years ago

Rating: 10.0 / 10.0

A unique story and wish there were more characters like her, I'm sooo glad there is a sequel and spin-off story to this manga. This focuses mostly on the main character as the sequel is more romance wise but it is very interesting and unique to read as the main character transfers to different schools as each has their own stories with her caught up in the middle even though she doesn't want to be.

... Last updated 6 years ago

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It's ok

by RaikaRai
11 years ago

Rating: 7.5 / 10.0

Well I like the fact that I got to know the many personalities a human being has thanks to this manga, and the constant moving oh my I finally understand why in the last few chapters, that's all great. But I wish the romance part could have developed more before it ended, the length of this manga is also a bit tooooo long, however when I think back, it needed to be many moving and many occurrence of Tsubaki, thus we can see this guy is serious about her, I just wished it was more love-orientated, sigh...good to read this as life lessons or something along that line.
...realized there's a sequel! Maybe there will be romance? Hmm...hope so...

... Last updated 11 years ago

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Great, and Still Available

by cecropiamoth
11 years ago

Rating: 9.0 / 10.0

I subscribe to every good thing that has been said about this manga.

Maybe the nicest thing about it of all is that it can still be found as published in the USA! As of January 2014 it's available at TheRightStuf under the title "Secret Notes of Lady Kanoko". I was relieved to find it, as the scanlation turned out to contain a very unsatisfying translation toward the end.

... Last updated 11 years ago

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Brilliant!

by Rebekahs5
12 years ago

Rating: 10.0 / 10.0

Despite the fact that there wasn't a major conclussive romance scene (only not so subtle hints lol) it was a great manga. The main chick was brilliant!! I loved her personality and she had me laughing throughout the entire series hahaha defenitly a must read!

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Reads very dated. No subtlety

by Textualpoacher
12 years ago

Rating: 1.0 / 10.0

I can't... How many times does the manga has to hammer across that Kanoko is an observer before it becomes a textbook case of telling not showing? There's also no subtlety at all, especially in characters' facial expressions, especially in close-ups, so so grating.

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not your ordinary heroine.

by wrensei
12 years ago

Rating: 9.0 / 10.0

like crazy transferring schools every now and then!!...what an EXPERIENCE!
The guy's affection towards the heroine is quite sweet traveling miles and miles just to keep in touch with her <3

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EPIC !!

by HummingBird0o
12 years ago

Rating: 9.0 / 10.0

like this is the best shoujo manga i ever read , the plot and the art . also i never accepted it the ending >< its just Awesome :l i really love it ^o^ wish if i can find good manga like this 🙂
oh but why when they went to high school , hr face become ugly 😮 ? she was cute when younger -_-' also her hair didn't grow been a year already .. small things , but had to say it 😛 anyway its cool xD ^^

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I quite enjoyed it

by PinkShippuden
12 years ago

Rating: 9.0 / 10.0

I quite enjoyed this manga, the characters were funny and the romance wasn't cliche (in my opinion anyways) and,

The ending, in which she finally realised she wasn't alone wherever (the different schools) she went.

Had a nice ending in my opinion

... Last updated 12 years ago

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Episodic nature required, and a good female lead

by kichiX
13 years ago

Rating: 7.0 / 10.0

To be honest, the main lead reminded me a bit of Kyoko from Skip Beat. Not because she was at all similar to Kyoko, but because they both have totally unique personalities (within the shoujo genre, and probably within manga in general).
This is a manga which focuses around the original idea: an observer of the class. Although the episodic nature of the series meant it did feel disjointed, it was really the only way the author could continue the manga past a oneshot.
Although I really liked this manga, I did not find it exceptional. It's good - don't get me wrong - but it's not what I would rate as a 10. Each to his own though, and this is a manga series you would definately not want to overlook.

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