Hitomi-chan is Shy With Strangers explained

Ja Kanji:	瞳ちゃんは人見知り
Ja Romaji:	Hitomi-chan wa Hito Mishiri

Type:	manga
Author:	Chorisuke Natsumi
Publisher:	Akita Shoten
Imprint:	Champion Red Comics
Magazine:	Manga Cross
First:	September 20, 2018
Volumes:	10

is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Chorisuke Natsumi. It has been serialized on Akita Shoten's online platform Manga Cross since September 2018.

Premise

One day while on his way to school, Yuu Usami meets a new transfer student named Hitomi Takano, who has an intimidating appearance. However, he later discovers she is actually shy. Yuu befriends Hitomi and over time, they start to develop feelings for each other.

Characters

Hitomi is a first-year high school student who has a scary appearance, but is actually shy and wants to be more social. She befriends Yuu on their way to school after Yuu realizes Hitomi is far more gentle and friendly than her intimidating presence suggests. Yuu is a second-year high school student who befriends Hitomi. He is nicknamed for short. While not nearly as athletic as Hitomi or Kaoru, he is a good student and tutors Hitomi in math. Kaoru is Yuu's younger sister, and Hitomi's classmate. She is much more athletic than Yuu and naturally outgoing. She admires that Hitomi has large breasts and toned abs.

Publication

Written and illustrated by Chorisuke Natsumi, Hitomi-chan is Shy With Strangers debuted on Akita Shoten's online platform on September 20, 2018.^[1] Akita Shoten has collected its chapters into individual volumes. The first volume was released on May 20, 2019.^[2]

In May 2021, Seven Seas Entertainment announced that they had licensed the series for English release in North America in both physical and digital format.^[3] The first volume was released on October 5, 2021.^[4]

Volumes

Reception

In a review of the first volume, Caitlin Moore of Anime News Network called the series a "mediocre iteration of the [romantic comedy] genre." Moore compared the series art and humor to Azumanga Daioh, adding, however, that the characters are less appealing. Moore called the humor repetitive and criticized the "overreliance on fanservice", concluding: "I can only really see two particular subsets of manga fans getting into it: those who have never come across this subgenre before and thus don't know how unoriginal it is and those who love this subgenre and consume everything in it they find. If neither of those describe you, however, this one is better off skipped."^[5]

External links

at Manga Cross

Notes and References

Web site: ja:高身長で目つきは悪い、だけど心優しいヒロイン描く「瞳ちゃんは人見知り」. https://natalie.mu/comic/news/300511. Comic Natalie. Natasha, Inc.. October 10, 2021. ja. September 20, 2018. October 10, 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20211010095251/https://natalie.mu/comic/news/300511. live.
Web site: ja:「瞳ちゃんは人見知り」1巻、目つきは悪いが笑顔はかわいい女子のギャップ描く. https://natalie.mu/comic/news/332125. Comic Natalie. Natasha, Inc.. October 10, 2021. ja. May 20, 2019. October 10, 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20211010095253/https://natalie.mu/comic/news/332125. live.
Web site: Pineda. Rafael Antonio. Seven Seas Licenses I Am a Cat Barista, The Dragon Knight's Beloved, The Walking Cat Manga. Anime News Network. October 10, 2021. May 19, 2021. May 19, 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210519044315/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2021-05-19/seven-seas-licenses-i-am-a-cat-barista-the-dragon-knight-beloved-the-walking-cat-manga/.172937. live.
Web site: Mateo. Alex. North American Anime, Manga Releases, October 3-9. Anime News Network. October 10, 2021. October 5, 2021. November 28, 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20211128002017/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2021-10-05/north-american-anime-manga-releases-october-3-9/.178176. live.
Web site: Moore. Caitlin. Hitomi-chan is Shy With Strangers GN 1 - Review. Anime News Network. February 16, 2022. February 16, 2022. February 16, 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220216172400/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/review/hitomi-chan-is-shy-with-strangers/.182284. live.