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“Lonely boy meets idol Kokoro; after rooftop accident, she mysteriously phases through walls as a ghost.”
Baka to Boing
バカとボイン
6.4
19,131 rank · 6,768 readers · 10 favorites
Seinen
Comedy
Romance
Supernatural
Ecchi
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Synopsis
Lonely boy meets idol Kokoro; after rooftop accident, she mysteriously phases through walls as a ghost.
Taichi Yamada is an average and lonely boy who falls in love with an idol named Kokoro Shina. One day, there is a DVD promotion and a handshake event with the idol somewhere on the rooftop of a complex. Kokoro falls off the rooftop and onto Taichi, who is on his way to the event. Both of them are hospitalized. Taichi is only slightly injured, but Kokoro goes through surgery. While Taichi is being explained to by a nurse about what happened, Kokoro comes to Taichi's ward room. But she comes through the wall! What happened to her?
What people say
Community consensus
Derived from 3 sampled reviews
7.0
/10
What 3 readers settled on.
100%
recommend
Score distribution
median 7
mode 5
σ 1.63
Agreement
Mostly aligned
σ 1.63 · some divergence
The polarity gap
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Not enough recommend signal yet
Score over time
↓ 2.00
Running avg · Oct 2009 → Jul 2019
Snap verdicts
· shortest highly-rated reviews
- 9 “The comedy is consistently hilarious, the art is clear and highly detailed, and the story becomes truly engaging once it gets rolling. While the heavy presence of nudity might be a deterrent for...”
- 7 “The manga features amazingly good art, an interesting initial premise, and effective comedy that makes the first half quite engaging. Unfortunately, the story falls apart when it abandons its core...”
- 5 “The art style is genuinely appealing, and the initial premise showed promise during the first few chapters. However, the story is dragged down by consistently stupid characters and a vulgar...”
Verbosity
Short · 67%
Medium · 33%
Long · 0%
Read Order & Related
A self-contained story.
No sequels, spin-offs or alternate tellings — Baka to Boing begins and ends here.
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A Manga Publication
- Format 54 × 5 ch × vol
- Total read 7h 12m approx
- Published Dec 2008 – Aug 2010
- Source Manga media type
- Ref. BS-M7785 catalog