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“Orphaned student becomes disciple to renowned ink painter, facing rivalry while discovering passion for art.”
The Lines that Define Me
線は、僕を描く
7.59
2,595 rank · 3,162 readers · 36 favorites
Shounen
Visual Arts
Drama
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Synopsis
Orphaned student becomes disciple to renowned ink painter, facing rivalry while discovering passion for art.
Sousuke Aoyama is a college student who suffers painfully from the loss of his parents in a traffic accident. He meets Kozan Shinoda, a suibokuga (India-ink painting) artist, at an exhibition. Kozan becomes interested in Sousuke and surprisingly accepts him as his disciple. However, Kozan's niece is dismissive of Sousuke and declares to compete with Sousuke for the "Kozan Award." Although Sousuke seemed uninterested in painting at first, he gradually becomes drawn to it by each stroke he draws... (Source: Kodansha, translated)
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Community consensus
Derived from 4 sampled reviews
8.5
/10
What 4 readers settled on.
100%
recommend
Score distribution
median 8.5
mode 7
σ 1.12
Agreement
Mostly aligned
σ 1.12 · some divergence
The polarity gap
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Not enough recommend signal yet
Score over time
↓ 1.50
Running avg · Oct 2020 → Jan 2022
Snap verdicts
· shortest highly-rated reviews
- 8 “Now this manga ended, I don't know how to explain it. The paintings with messages made me tear up unlike other art manga and this has a relaxing yet sad feeling because of the mc's life. You watch...”
- 7 “This looks to be a pretty decent manga about a college lad trying out ink painting, which it was all thanks to a old man who was known to be a popular ink painter. He then meets the granddaughter...”
- 9 “So, I've never written a review before, but considering how few people have read this manga I feel as though I should try to help convince people to read it. This is a fairly short manga, though I...”
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Short · 100%
Medium · 0%
Long · 0%
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A Manga Publication
- Format 32 × 4 ch × vol
- Total read 4h 16m approx
- Published Jun 2019 – Feb 2020
- Source Manga media type
- Ref. BS-M50877 catalog