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“Tokyo street girl Barbara inspires writer Yosuke, but chooses freedom over luxury, risking their creative relationship.”
Barbara
ばるぼら
7.06
8,669 rank · 3,397 readers · 23 favorites
Seinen
Drama
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Synopsis
Tokyo street girl Barbara inspires writer Yosuke, but chooses freedom over luxury, risking their creative relationship.
Barbara is a girl living in the streets of Tokyo. She become the muse of Yosuke Mikura, a popular writer, especially with the ladies. Between Yosuka and Barbara starts a relationship which is beneficial for his writings, but can end up in despair when Barbara chooses her freedom above the luxury she can get. (Source: ANN)
What people say
Community consensus
Derived from 3 sampled reviews
7.3
/10
What 3 readers settled on.
100%
recommend
Score distribution
median 8
mode 8
σ 0.94
Agreement
Strong agreement
σ 0.94 · scores cluster tight
The polarity gap
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Not enough recommend signal yet
Score over time
↓ 0.67
Running avg · Sep 2012 → Nov 2024
Snap verdicts
· shortest highly-rated reviews
- 8 “First off the score is not 8 but its 7.5 This manga was released in a weird phase of the mangaka life during 1973 to 1974 it was Tezuka Osamu transition period between shounen to seinen work ( more...”
- 8 “Barbara (ばるぼら) is certainly an interesting graphic novel. Serialized in from 1973 to 1974, it was made in a time when Osamu Tezuka was struggling to solidify his place in the seinen genre of...”
- 6 “Barbara – Spoiler Free – Mixed Feelings TLDR Story – 5/10 – 5 x 0.275 = 1,375 Art – 8/10 – 8 x 0.2 = 1,6 Characters – 6/10 – 6 x 0.225 = 1,35 Enjoyment – 6/10 – 6 x 0.3 = 1,8 Total: 6,125 -> 6...”
Verbosity
Short · 0%
Medium · 67%
Long · 33%
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A Manga Publication
- Format 15 × 1 ch × vol
- Total read 2h 00m approx
- Published Jun 1973 – May 1974
- Source Manga media type
- Ref. BS-M4310 catalog