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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)
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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
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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 “Coelacanth are considered to be a "living fossil", meaning that they haven't undergone any major mutations or adaptations for over 400 million years, and I imagine that this manga is somewhat...”
- 10 “Coelacanth (2 Volumes/8 Chapters) Coelacanth will remain one of the most elegant and beautiful artistic shorts Ive read to date, it's collective story was truly magnificent. A mysterious drama that...”
- 10 “Many times in my life, someone has asked me, "What's your favorite manga?" It's a difficult question, isn't it? There are so many stories and pieces of art, each one different from the last. There...”
Verbosity
Short · 33%
Medium · 67%
Long · 0%
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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