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“Years after a near-miss explosion, Hisano's past resurfaces when a boy reappears with her lucky scale, linking murders and hallucinations.”
Coelacanth
シーラカンス
7.47
3,516 rank · 9,530 readers · 93 favorites
Shoujo
Mystery
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Synopsis
Years after a near-miss explosion, Hisano's past resurfaces when a boy reappears with her lucky scale, linking murders and hallucinations.
Ten years ago, there was an explosion at Hisano's apartment building. She would have been there, but she'd been hit by a bike ridden by a boy in blood-stained clothes. He dropped a toy scale when it happened, and she's been hanging on to it as a good-luck charm ever since. Now Hisano's in high school. One of her teachers was murdered, and the police are investigating. A young man suddenly appears carrying the toy that scale belonged to. And perhaps... can he also see the hallucinations Hisano has always been plagued with? Everything is connected as the pattern slowly rises to the surface. (Source: Storm in Heaven)
What people say
Community consensus
Derived from 3 sampled reviews
9.7
/10
What 3 readers settled on.
100%
recommend
Score distribution
median 10
mode 10
σ 0.47
Agreement
Strong agreement
σ 0.47 · scores cluster tight
The polarity gap
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Not enough recommend signal yet
Score over time
↓ 0.33
Running avg · Dec 2009 → Mar 2016
Snap verdicts
· shortest highly-rated reviews
- 9 “This manga features a crafty storyline, lovely art, and bomb-ass symbolism that makes it a perfect, short read with incredibly relatable themes. There are no notable flaws to be found in this work....”
- 10 “Coelacanth is a magnificent and intellectually stimulating masterpiece, featuring some of the cleanest, most elegant line work I have ever encountered in a manga. There are no notable flaws to be...”
- 10 “Coelacanth is a masterpiece featuring flawless art, complex storytelling, and deeply layered characters that resonate with raw human emotion. I found no flaws in this narrative, as every moment...”
Verbosity
Short · 33%
Medium · 67%
Long · 0%
Read Order & Related
A self-contained story.
No sequels, spin-offs or alternate tellings — Coelacanth begins and ends here.
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A Manga Publication
- Format 9 × 2 ch × vol
- Total read 1h 12m approx
- Published Dec 2007 – Jul 2008
- Source Manga media type
- Ref. BS-M6619 catalog