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“Ordinary student Iroha receives mysterious glasses at code-breaking Cipher Academy from enigmatic Kogoe.”
Cipher Academy
暗号学園のいろは
6.51
17,723 rank · 6,948 readers · 51 favorites
Shounen
School
Mystery
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Synopsis
Ordinary student Iroha receives mysterious glasses at code-breaking Cipher Academy from enigmatic Kogoe.
Iroha is an average student newly enrolled in Cipher Academy, a Spartan school where students must crack code after code after code with barely enough time to catch their breath! Then a mysterious person named Kogoe gives Iroha an unusual pair of glasses with a crazy secret behind them! (Source: MANGA Plus)
What people say
Community consensus
Derived from 7 sampled reviews
7.9
/10
What 7 readers settled on.
80%
recommend
Score distribution
median 8
mode 8
σ 2.03
Agreement
Polarized
σ 2.03 · split reception
The polarity gap
5.3 pts
Recommenders 9.3 · others 4.0
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Score over time
↓ 0.14
Running avg · Mar 2023 → Apr 2024
Snap verdicts
· shortest highly-rated reviews
- 8 “This manga started a short time ago, and I admit that at first it seemed a little confusing and overexplanatory in how it showed some codes and their resolution. But after such little amount of...”
- 10 “This manga is a unique one. If you like puzzles and mystery you've found the perfect manga. The puzzles? Nearly unsolvable. The twists? Every other week. The characters? Lovable. The entertainment...”
- 8 “Written by the legendary Nisio Isin, I had big expectations for this new manga. The story takes place at a cypher school where the main guy (yes, it's a guy) enrolled. Reading a Nisio Isin story...”
Verbosity
Short · 29%
Medium · 57%
Long · 14%
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A Manga Publication
- Format 59 × 7 ch × vol
- Total read 7h 52m approx
- Published Nov 2022 – Feb 2024
- Source Manga media type
- Ref. BS-M66356 catalog