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“Mika discovers passion through billiards after witnessing enigmatic Kaede's transformative smile during pool games.”
Nine Puzzle
ナインパズル
7.12
7,699 rank · 3,312 readers · 9 favorites
Shoujo
School
Drama
Romance
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Synopsis
Mika discovers passion through billiards after witnessing enigmatic Kaede's transformative smile during pool games.
Mika is a regular girl who just goes day to day without any concrete dreams for her future. Until one day, when she sees her classmate Kaede playing pool in a billiards lounge. Kaede is a boy who hides many secrets...whose personality seems to change when he plays billiards. Entranced by the smile Kaede wears when he plays, Mika soon finds herself immersed in the game...! (Source: ShoujoMagic) Included one-shots: Volume 1: Platinum Volume 2: Ichigo Namida; Wakasama no Jijou
What people say
Community consensus
Derived from 5 sampled reviews
7.2
/10
What 5 readers settled on.
100%
recommend
Score distribution
median 7
mode 6
σ 1.17
Agreement
Mostly aligned
σ 1.17 · some divergence
The polarity gap
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Not enough recommend signal yet
Score over time
↑ 1.20
Running avg · May 2008 → Jan 2025
Snap verdicts
· shortest highly-rated reviews
- 7 “well. to tell u the truth i didnt really like the story.. the genre is suppose to be Romance but to be honest there was barly any romance in it.”
- 9 “Nine Puzzle. Review. By NnelL. The story was great. It makes you suspense many things about what would happen next especially when your imagination is wide. But it lacks the romance i wanted. I was...”
- 8 “i read this manga before i even knew about this site. however it is manga i have never forgotten. i read it years ago so i was still a bit of a novice, however i really enjoyed reading it at the...”
Verbosity
Short · 60%
Medium · 20%
Long · 20%
Read Order & Related
A self-contained story.
No sequels, spin-offs or alternate tellings — Nine Puzzle begins and ends here.
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A Manga Publication
- Format 11 × 2 ch × vol
- Total read 1h 28m approx
- Published Apr 2002 – Sep 2002
- Source Manga media type
- Ref. BS-M0950 catalog