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“Twins separated by mirror; one returns as ghostly reflection, sparking surreal love triangle.”
Swweeet
SWWEEET―スウィート―
6.64
15,721 rank · 4,048 readers · 17 favorites
Seinen
Psychological
Drama
Mystery
Romance
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Synopsis
Twins separated by mirror; one returns as ghostly reflection, sparking surreal love triangle.
Susumu Hayashi, his twin brother Tsutomu and Sakura Toyama are childhood friends. Tsutomu disappeared when he was ten years old. Then two years later, he reappeared—this time only in front of Susumu. And what’s more, from inside a mirror! Now, events that no one has ever experienced take place in this bizarre love triangle!! (Source: Kotonoha) Included one-shots: Volume 1: Lakeside Volume 2: Playback
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Community consensus
Derived from 3 sampled reviews
6.3
/10
What 3 readers settled on.
67%
recommend
Score distribution
median 7
mode 4
σ 1.70
Agreement
Mostly aligned
σ 1.70 · some divergence
The polarity gap
3.5 pts
Recommenders 7.5 · others 4.0
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No
Score over time
↓ 1.67
Running avg · Jul 2010 → Oct 2018
Snap verdicts
· shortest highly-rated reviews
- 7 “The art is consistently impressive, and the compelling development of the two main characters effectively compensates for the story's various shortcomings. However, the pacing is sluggish, the...”
- 8 “The character art is truly sweet, with the childhood friend’s facial expressions being particularly well-drawn, and I appreciated the direct, extreme approach to the erotic scenes. However, the...”
- 4 “While the manga features well-drawn art and explores compelling themes like coming-of-age and adolescent guilt, these elements are ultimately squandered by poor execution. The narrative suffers...”
Verbosity
Short · 33%
Medium · 33%
Long · 33%
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A Manga Publication
- Format 17 × 2 ch × vol
- Total read 2h 16m approx
- Published Feb 2005 – Apr 2006
- Source Manga media type
- Ref. BS-M2799 catalog