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“Toshiki trades lifespan for abilities at a mysterious shop, gaining talent but learning power can't buy everything.”
Ability Shop
ABILITY SHOP -アビリティ ショップ-
6.66
15,416 rank · 8,698 readers · 21 favorites
Shounen
School
Drama
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Synopsis
Toshiki trades lifespan for abilities at a mysterious shop, gaining talent but learning power can't buy everything.
Toshiki is a kid who isn't really good at anything. He happens upon the "Ability Shop" where you can buy abilities in exchange for the years of your life. Toshiki rapidly changes his reputation at school, becoming a guy who can do everything well! Despite his successes, he may soon learn that there are some things that can't be gained through power alone. (Source: tethysdust)
What people say
Community consensus
Derived from 4 sampled reviews
7.3
/10
What 4 readers settled on.
100%
recommend
Score distribution
median 7.5
mode 8
σ 0.83
Agreement
Strong agreement
σ 0.83 · scores cluster tight
The polarity gap
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Not enough recommend signal yet
Score over time
↓ 0.75
Running avg · Oct 2009 → Sep 2011
Snap verdicts
· shortest highly-rated reviews
- 7 “You might get mad at me because of the score I gave, but I can at least explain somehow why. Just by reading the title of the story, you already have an idea of what's the story about. I honestly...”
- 8 “I'll keep this short, I mean the manga is less than 50 pages, what's the point of a in-depth analysis? My first one shot manga, so I should mention why I even read it - because the art looked...”
- 8 “Ability shop is like an Aesop Fable in manga form. The main bulk of the story is the 'life lesson' that is to be learned at the end of the story. Being a one-shot, the plot has to move quickly,...”
Verbosity
Short · 25%
Medium · 75%
Long · 0%
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A One shot Publication
- Format 1 ch ch × vol
- Total read 0h 08m approx
- Published Dec 2008 – ongoing
- Source One shot media type
- Ref. BS-M10710 catalog