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“Two apathetic university students bond over cigarettes and coffee while navigating daily campus life together.”
Philosophia
philosophia
6.96
10,313 rank · 5,166 readers · 49 favorites
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Slice of Life
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Synopsis
Two apathetic university students bond over cigarettes and coffee while navigating daily campus life together.
Ai-chan, a pretty student in her first year in a university, meets Tomo after she asks for a cigarette light from Ai. An apathetic, budding friendship ensues as they try and survive everyday university life together with the help of their daily does of caffeine and nicotine.
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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 · May 2015 → Dec 2023
Snap verdicts
· shortest highly-rated reviews
- 7 “The story is exceptionally well-written, featuring deep characters, a refreshing university setting, and a mature art style that successfully avoids standard manga clichés. While the lack of a...”
- 8 “"Philosophia" is a refreshing, mature, and serious work that excels with its firm, steady pacing and a deeply satisfying character arc for the protagonist, Ai. While the art lacks polish in...”
- 8 “The story features a well-paced, emotionally moving narrative supported by a unique, fluid art style and realistic character development. While the backgrounds are occasionally simple, this does...”
Verbosity
Short · 25%
Medium · 25%
Long · 50%
Read Order & Related
A self-contained story.
No sequels, spin-offs or alternate tellings — Philosophia begins and ends here.
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A Manga Publication
- Format 6 × 1 ch × vol
- Total read 0h 48m approx
- Published Dec 2010 – Dec 2012
- Source Manga media type
- Ref. BS-M27579 catalog