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“Gentle Ian, branded a liar for seeing fairies, reunites with Rin to solve eerie fairy murders amid folklore and danger.”
Fairy Cube
妖精標本〈フェアリー キューブ〉
7.25
5,860 rank · 7,936 readers · 70 favorites
Shoujo
Action
Drama
Fantasy
Romance
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Synopsis
Gentle Ian, branded a liar for seeing fairies, reunites with Rin to solve eerie fairy murders amid folklore and danger.
Ian Hasumi has always been gentle and sincere, yet people call him “Ian the Liar” because he insists that fairies—and a green-haired, lizard-eyed double only he can see—are real. When he crosses paths again with Rin Ishinagi, the childhood friend who once took his stories seriously, the city is buzzing with rumors of strange “fairy murders,” victims left with eerie, wing-shaped bloodstains. Drawn into the mystery, Ian meets Kaito, an enigmatic shopkeeper who peddles crystal cubes containing perfectly preserved insects. Their encounter at a crime scene leaves Ian with an unusual souvenir: a cube holding a tiny lizard. As shadows close in and the line between the seen and unseen blurs, Ian must navigate a world where folklore bleeds into reality and every truth comes at a price.Included one-shot: Volume 3: Psycho Knocker
What people say
Community consensus
Derived from 5 sampled reviews
7.8
/10
What 5 readers settled on.
100%
recommend
Score distribution
median 7
mode 7
σ 0.98
Agreement
Strong agreement
σ 0.98 · scores cluster tight
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Not enough recommend signal yet
Score over time
↓ 1.20
Running avg · Mar 2009 → Jan 2023
Snap verdicts
· shortest highly-rated reviews
- 9 “This was a cute, short story. I liked it. The story has many surprises and twists. The ending suited the story perfectly. I would recomend this to anyone who is looking for a love story with action...”
- 7 “I would rate this 6.5 if I could. I've read a lot of stuff by this artist, and this has to have been my least favorite of her work so far. It has a pretty interesting theme, but I think it's pretty...”
- 9 “Fairy Cube is an excellent manga. It's short, but good. It leaves people standing on the edge of their seat until the end, at least it did for me. This is one of those "Fairy tale/fantasy with a...”
Verbosity
Short · 80%
Medium · 20%
Long · 0%
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A Manga Publication
- Format 20 × 3 ch × vol
- Total read 2h 40m approx
- Published Feb 2005 – Mar 2006
- Source Manga media type
- Ref. BS-M0652 catalog