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アイツノカノジョ [Aitsu no Kanojo] #1
Someone's Girlfriend Vol. 1
My Best Friend's Girl
Riku can't get Shizuku out of his head to the point where she's invaded his dreams. Then one day she stops by his house and comes on to him "Do whatever you want to me." The catch? She's his best friend's girlfriend. In their last year of high school, a dangerous romance brews!
Riku can't get Shizuku out of his head to the point where she's invaded his dreams. Then one day she stops by his house and comes on to him "Do whatever you want to me." The catch? She's his best friend's girlfriend. In their last year of high school, a dangerous romance brews!
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192 pages, Paperback
Published August 27, 2024
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January 27, 2026
My perverted friend Nick told me about this manga, and since he knows I'm a big ass pervert too, he assumed I'd enjoy this. He wasn't wrong. I did enjoy it, though it actually felt a bit tame compared to some of the absolute degeneracy out there I'm reading (My girlfriend's not here right now) at least for now.
The Setup The story follows three childhood best friends entering their senior year of high school. The core conflict? Shizuku is dating Takuto, but our protagonist, Riku, has been head-over-heels for her for years. Just when Riku thinks he has to suffer in silence, Shizuku flips the script. She starts playing a dangerous game, showing up at his house and telling him to "do whatever he wants" to her. She’s provocative, manipulative, and seems to get a kick out of pushing Riku to his breaking point right under Takuto’s nose.
The "NTR" Factor For those who don't know: NTR = Cheating/Betrayal genre. If that makes you squeamish, stay away. But if you like spicy moments, decent humor, and characters who actually have normal reactions to being bad people, this does a solid job. It doesn't just tease they actually cross lines pretty early on, which keeps the stakes high.
The Twist Just when you think it’s a simple triangle, enter Umimi, Takuto’s ex. She wants Takuto back and is willing to help Riku "steal" Shizuku to make it happen. It’s an absolute mess of motives. Not sold on her yet but we'll see.
A 3.5 out of 5.
The Setup The story follows three childhood best friends entering their senior year of high school. The core conflict? Shizuku is dating Takuto, but our protagonist, Riku, has been head-over-heels for her for years. Just when Riku thinks he has to suffer in silence, Shizuku flips the script. She starts playing a dangerous game, showing up at his house and telling him to "do whatever he wants" to her. She’s provocative, manipulative, and seems to get a kick out of pushing Riku to his breaking point right under Takuto’s nose.
The "NTR" Factor For those who don't know: NTR = Cheating/Betrayal genre. If that makes you squeamish, stay away. But if you like spicy moments, decent humor, and characters who actually have normal reactions to being bad people, this does a solid job. It doesn't just tease they actually cross lines pretty early on, which keeps the stakes high.
The Twist Just when you think it’s a simple triangle, enter Umimi, Takuto’s ex. She wants Takuto back and is willing to help Riku "steal" Shizuku to make it happen. It’s an absolute mess of motives. Not sold on her yet but we'll see.
A 3.5 out of 5.
August 28, 2024
Despite fantasizing about his best friend’s girlfriend, Shizuku, Riku is able to control his hormones. No, Shizuku is the problem, as she seems way more inclined to jump Riku than Tokuto, her actual boyfriend. But, fret not, it’ll only get soapier from there.
This manga would be a lot less interesting if it didn’t have a heck of a lot of actual crossing the line, which should immediately indicate the kind of lurid, awful behaviour contained within. It has all sorts of horrible ideas, but as some delicious trash it is top notch.
Minus the biggest failure of logic, of course, which is immediately apparent. If Shizuku wants to be with Riku that much more, and all signs indicate that she does, why doesn’t she just dump Tokuto? It makes no sense and the omission of anybody saying so does hurt the narrative.
There’s also an unnecessary introduction of a fourth character towards the end; these three are so messed up they require no outside help. Although there’s the suggestion that this could just make things even worse next time, which is like setting the garbage on fire for the hell of it. That aspect I approve of.
Because of its willingness to go there - this is no mere tantalization, lines will absolutely be crossed by the end of the volume that you don’t often see crossed in manga - this goes all the way in a fashion it needs to. If it maintained a typical level of, say, shojo manga purity it wouldn’t land nearly as well.
Playing this chaste and restrained would make it a bit creepier, honestly, in terms of becoming blatant fan service and not much else. This has a grittier, more interesting flavour than your typical love triangle and it’s more engaging as a result. Plus blatant fan service.
Oh, Shizuku is messed up and there’s clearly way more to her and Tokuto’s relationship, to say nothing of Tokuto himself. And Riku gets hauled into this because he is thinking with his little brain, which makes absolute teenager sense. Smart choices never come easily at that age.
It tackles some stuff very awkwardly, but I was happy to see the notion of slut-shaming and a nasty threat of false accusations coming up rather than just ignored outright. It’s not a deep consideration of such matters, and no mistake, but better than nothing.
What we’re left with is Shizuku sending out piles of mixed signals and some that are very clear, yet really bad given the situation. Riku is trying to stay pure, but, oh, he’s just a very human kid who already has a crush, isn’t he?
It’s absolutely going to get worse before it gets better and, no, if you want the next shojo manga this could not be further from it. It’s a meanier, steamier sort of story and you should be aware of that before you dip into it. This won’t be for everybody, it is not a comfortable read at several points.
The choices here are what make it stand out and also what means it won’t have universal appeal. That’s okay; it feels like a (heavy, panting) breath of hormonal air and, since it’s taking so long for new volumes of Citrus+ to come out, this fills the edgier, trashier void in my reading list.
3 stars - this isn’t great, it’s turning into sexy harem, and there are some eyebrow-raising decisions made on the way. Sometimes, however, you want to walk on that wild side and this promises and, for the most part, delivers on that aspect.
This manga would be a lot less interesting if it didn’t have a heck of a lot of actual crossing the line, which should immediately indicate the kind of lurid, awful behaviour contained within. It has all sorts of horrible ideas, but as some delicious trash it is top notch.
Minus the biggest failure of logic, of course, which is immediately apparent. If Shizuku wants to be with Riku that much more, and all signs indicate that she does, why doesn’t she just dump Tokuto? It makes no sense and the omission of anybody saying so does hurt the narrative.
There’s also an unnecessary introduction of a fourth character towards the end; these three are so messed up they require no outside help. Although there’s the suggestion that this could just make things even worse next time, which is like setting the garbage on fire for the hell of it. That aspect I approve of.
Because of its willingness to go there - this is no mere tantalization, lines will absolutely be crossed by the end of the volume that you don’t often see crossed in manga - this goes all the way in a fashion it needs to. If it maintained a typical level of, say, shojo manga purity it wouldn’t land nearly as well.
Playing this chaste and restrained would make it a bit creepier, honestly, in terms of becoming blatant fan service and not much else. This has a grittier, more interesting flavour than your typical love triangle and it’s more engaging as a result. Plus blatant fan service.
Oh, Shizuku is messed up and there’s clearly way more to her and Tokuto’s relationship, to say nothing of Tokuto himself. And Riku gets hauled into this because he is thinking with his little brain, which makes absolute teenager sense. Smart choices never come easily at that age.
It tackles some stuff very awkwardly, but I was happy to see the notion of slut-shaming and a nasty threat of false accusations coming up rather than just ignored outright. It’s not a deep consideration of such matters, and no mistake, but better than nothing.
What we’re left with is Shizuku sending out piles of mixed signals and some that are very clear, yet really bad given the situation. Riku is trying to stay pure, but, oh, he’s just a very human kid who already has a crush, isn’t he?
It’s absolutely going to get worse before it gets better and, no, if you want the next shojo manga this could not be further from it. It’s a meanier, steamier sort of story and you should be aware of that before you dip into it. This won’t be for everybody, it is not a comfortable read at several points.
The choices here are what make it stand out and also what means it won’t have universal appeal. That’s okay; it feels like a (heavy, panting) breath of hormonal air and, since it’s taking so long for new volumes of Citrus+ to come out, this fills the edgier, trashier void in my reading list.
3 stars - this isn’t great, it’s turning into sexy harem, and there are some eyebrow-raising decisions made on the way. Sometimes, however, you want to walk on that wild side and this promises and, for the most part, delivers on that aspect.
January 28, 2025
I don't know if I like it, but it managed to get me intrigued, so I'll give it 3*
I can see the NTR, and the potential spice & the trainwreck coming, but it's hard to tell how far and if it's going to be any good with just this one volume.
I can see the NTR, and the potential spice & the trainwreck coming, but it's hard to tell how far and if it's going to be any good with just this one volume.
January 1, 2025
not sure why I read that, zero star, watch paint dry, stare at bread ... All good alternative .
January 11, 2025
I'm not sure why I decided to read this. I'm not big on stories with cheating so just based off the title and cover I should have known this wasn't for me.
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