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“Akaboshi and a petrified-foot boy journey to find a three-line-pierced man and save the boy's family.”
Diamond in the Rough
アラガネの子
6.72
14,468 rank · 3,505 readers · 21 favorites
Shounen
Action
Adventure
Fantasy
Mystery
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Synopsis
Akaboshi and a petrified-foot boy journey to find a three-line-pierced man and save the boy's family.
A world where "stone" is at the center. Akaboshi, an ore craftsman visits an underground village and meets a boy whose left foot is petrified. The boy's goal is to find the man with a three-line piercing but he holds a secret...?! The two of them set off on a journey to save his family! (Source: MANGA Plus)
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Derived from 2 sampled reviews
6.5
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What 2 readers settled on.
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recommend
Score distribution
median 6.5
mode 6
σ 0.50
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Not enough recommend signal yet
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Running avg · Feb 2022 → Dec 2023
Snap verdicts
· shortest highly-rated reviews
- 7 “I am really enjoying the well-written characters and the interesting, easy-to-follow plot. While it is still a bit early to fully judge the long-term character development, the beautiful art and...”
- 6 “Aragane no Ko shines with its unique, old-school world-building, spectacular art, and a masterfully crafted relationship between Kai and Akeboshi. Unfortunately, the series suffers from a rushed...”
Verbosity
Short · 50%
Medium · 50%
Long · 0%
Read Order & Related
A self-contained story.
No sequels, spin-offs or alternate tellings — Diamond in the Rough begins and ends here.
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A Manga Publication
- Format 79 × 9 ch × vol
- Total read 10h 32m approx
- Published Nov 2020 – Dec 2023
- Source Manga media type
- Ref. BS-M55782 catalog