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“Nina must complete a strange photo-hunt game to reunite with her beloved senpai, aided by suspicious classmate Taro.”
Air Koi
エアコイ
7.33
4,938 rank · 3,848 readers · 6 favorites
Shoujo
School
Drama
Romance
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Synopsis
Nina must complete a strange photo-hunt game to reunite with her beloved senpai, aided by suspicious classmate Taro.
Nina has one sided feelings for Hayashino Senpai. Nina is unable to see senpai until she clears the game that senpai provided... That is... to find and take the exact pictures that were e-mailed to her. But Taro from the same class was assisting her and realized how odd this game is and...?! A Painful dramatic love story! (Source: Chibi Manga & Shoujo Crusade) Included one-shots: Lost in a First Love, Love Materializes
What people say
Community consensus
Derived from 3 sampled reviews
8.7
/10
What 3 readers settled on.
100%
recommend
Score distribution
median 10
mode 10
σ 1.89
Agreement
Polarized
σ 1.89 · split reception
The polarity gap
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Not enough recommend signal yet
Score over time
↓ 1.33
Running avg · Nov 2012 → Dec 2016
Snap verdicts
· shortest highly-rated reviews
- 10 “This oneshot is a beautiful, well-paced story featuring wonderful, detailed art and well-written characters that offer a refreshing departure from typical shoujo tropes. While the beginning may...”
- 10 “This manga is a deeply moving, heart-wrenching experience that left me in tears and stands out as one of the most beautiful stories I have read this year. While the initial chapters may feel...”
- 6 “I thoroughly enjoyed the first three chapters, particularly the poignant first story about the necessity of moving on from past love. However, I dropped the series because I could not find any...”
Verbosity
Short · 33%
Medium · 67%
Long · 0%
Read Order & Related
A self-contained story.
No sequels, spin-offs or alternate tellings — Air Koi begins and ends here.
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A Manga Publication
- Format 5 × 1 ch × vol
- Total read 0h 40m approx
- Published Aug 2010 – ongoing
- Source Manga media type
- Ref. BS-M13700 catalog