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“Bullied teens find hope through motorcycles; mature manga explores their struggles, dreams, and life changes.”
Ciguatera
シガテラ
7.1
8,142 rank · 9,861 readers · 124 favorites
Seinen
Psychological
School
Comedy
Drama
Romance
Slice of Life
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Synopsis
Bullied teens find hope through motorcycles; mature manga explores their struggles, dreams, and life changes.
The story of Ciguatera follows Ogino, who is bullied in high school along with his friend Takai. The two rely on their passion towards motorcycles and desire to get one to add some hope and vigor to their otherwise bleak lives. The two are learning to drive in secret at a driving school, and it is there that Ogino's life begins to change forever. The manga follows a variety of characters through their high school and working lives, through their struggles, their triumphs, their dreams, their futures, their love, life and loss. Ciguatera is a mature manga from Minoru Furuya, author of Ping Pong Club and Himizu.
What people say
Community consensus
Derived from 8 sampled reviews
6.4
/10
What 8 readers settled on.
67%
recommend
Score distribution
median 6.5
mode 6
σ 1.93
Agreement
Polarized
σ 1.93 · split reception
The polarity gap
4.5 pts
Recommenders 8.0 · others 3.5
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Score over time
↓ 1.63
Running avg · Sep 2012 → Dec 2024
Snap verdicts
· shortest highly-rated reviews
- 8 “This is the first review I am every righting and the reason being how disappointed I was, don’t get me wrong I LOVED this manga. The last chapter on the other hand was utter trash. The only reason...”
- 9 “A great manga about bullying, codependency, ennui, human nature, relationships and self-doubt. Why do people deal with bullying and tolerate/ignore it and why do others desperately want to pay...”
- 8 “Minoru Furuya's Ciguatera is a cynical slice of life story about an average boy in high school who gets bullied, but relies on his passion for motorcycles to get him through the day. The thing I...”
Verbosity
Short · 25%
Medium · 63%
Long · 13%
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A Manga Publication
- Format 69 × 6 ch × vol
- Total read 9h 12m approx
- Published Jan 2003 – Jan 2005
- Source Manga media type
- Ref. BS-M2590 catalog