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“Terminally ill Ikuru finds purpose in Ai, a short-lived engineered companion, as global conflict looms.”
Ai-Ren
愛人
7.54
2,956 rank · 10,105 readers · 180 favorites
Seinen
Drama
Romance
Sci-Fi
Ecchi
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Synopsis
Terminally ill Ikuru finds purpose in Ai, a short-lived engineered companion, as global conflict looms.
Ikuru Yoshizumi has spent the last decade of his life suffering from a terminal illness, and his death quickly approaches. Seeking a reason to carry on in his final days, Ikuru applies for ownership of an AGH-RMS, a genetically engineered human with a short lifespan, designed to provide comfort for those who are on their last legs. Ikuru is given Ai, an AGH-RMS who appears and functions as a girl his age. Ikuru finds his own reason for living within Ai, who is able to develop her own personality through her pure love for Ikuru. As unpreventable global conflict threatens the future of the human race, Ai and Ikuru cling to each other for safety and understanding.
What people say
Community consensus
Derived from 8 sampled reviews
8.5
/10
What 8 readers settled on.
100%
recommend
Score distribution
median 8
mode 8
σ 1.00
Agreement
Strong agreement
σ 1.00 · scores cluster tight
The polarity gap
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Not enough recommend signal yet
Score over time
↑ 0.50
Running avg · Dec 2007 → Jan 2023
Snap verdicts
· shortest highly-rated reviews
- 10 “This manga is a masterpiece ! I am not a native English speaker so I cannot fully describe all the feeling I have when I read every words, page and chapters. My heart tremble. The sadness, the...”
- 9 “Throughout the story, the subtle, cute, expressive couple never ceases to melt my heart with their lovely dovey actions. The story revolves itself around the 2 couple and invites the audience to...”
- 8 “Ai-Ren is a sci-fi elegy for humanity's last days. In the far future, humans have generally lost the ability to reproduce normally, and use technology to patch up the holes left by nature, with...”
Verbosity
Short · 38%
Medium · 25%
Long · 38%
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A Manga Publication
- Format 43 × 5 ch × vol
- Total read 5h 44m approx
- Published Jun 1999 – May 2002
- Source Manga media type
- Ref. BS-M1098 catalog