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“Laid-back Suu-chan drifts between part-time work and bike rides, encountering mysterious, engulfing scenery.”
Kotonoba Drive
コトノバドライブ
7.25
5,964 rank · 4,595 readers · 41 favorites
Seinen
Iyashikei
Slice of Life
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Synopsis
Laid-back Suu-chan drifts between part-time work and bike rides, encountering mysterious, engulfing scenery.
Suu-chan lives a laid back life, alternating her time between her part-time job and aimlessly riding on her bike. Occasionally she encounters mysterious scenery that engulfs her. (Source: MU)
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Derived from 4 sampled reviews
6.8
/10
What 4 readers settled on.
100%
recommend
Score distribution
median 7
mode 8
σ 1.30
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Mostly aligned
σ 1.30 · some divergence
The polarity gap
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Not enough recommend signal yet
Score over time
↓ 1.25
Running avg · Sep 2017 → Oct 2023
Snap verdicts
· shortest highly-rated reviews
- 8 “"Relaxing your speed can open up mysterious gaps, even in familiar places" tldr: really easy/relaxed manga to read; no complex storyline, just everyday slice of life. its short, sadly. you need to...”
- 8 “Kotonoba Drive is the latest series from Hitoshi Ashinano, writer of the highly acclaimed Slice of life manga Yokohama Kaidashi Kikou. Despite that, it surprisingly doesn’t have any reviews yet....”
- 6 “I’ve long admired Ashinano Hitoshi for his slice-of-life masterpiece Yokohama Kaidashi Kikou and his landscape eye candy Kabu no Isaki. His minimalistic art style won me over with his expressive...”
Verbosity
Short · 25%
Medium · 75%
Long · 0%
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A Manga Publication
- Format 35 × 4 ch × vol
- Total read 4h 40m approx
- Published Jan 2014 – Jan 2017
- Source Manga media type
- Ref. BS-M26367 catalog