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“Failed manga artist Inamine meets mysterious busty editor; can she turn his career and love life around?”
Koimoku
こいもく
6.95
10,490 rank · 11,630 readers · 45 favorites
Seinen
Comedy
Romance
Ecchi
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Synopsis
Failed manga artist Inamine meets mysterious busty editor; can she turn his career and love life around?
Inamine-kun, an aspiring young manga artist, is a total failure at whatever he does, but some of his work has caught the eyes of a busty beautiful mysterious editor from a B-rate magazine. Will he turn around his fortunes through her? Will he form a relationship between boss and subordinate? Read Koimoku and find out! (Source: MU)
What people say
Community consensus
Derived from 5 sampled reviews
7.6
/10
What 5 readers settled on.
100%
recommend
Score distribution
median 7
mode 7
σ 1.20
Agreement
Mostly aligned
σ 1.20 · some divergence
The polarity gap
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Not enough recommend signal yet
Score over time
↓ 1.40
Running avg · Feb 2013 → Mar 2016
Snap verdicts
· shortest highly-rated reviews
- 9 “This is manga was something fresh and a bit different from what i have been reading so far. This isn't really a story on the creation of manga but rather it gives a hint to the mindset of pro...”
- 9 “This manga is a simple, no deep thinking is needed. Well thats what are the weak but also the strong points. But lets go review. The story is that a aspiring young manga artist Inamine Kouta is...”
- 7 “Koimoku is a relatively weird series, focusing on one aspiring mangaka by the name of Inamine Kouta. As he tries to achieve his lofty goal, what ensues is what was meant to be a touching story of...”
Verbosity
Short · 20%
Medium · 40%
Long · 40%
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A Manga Publication
- Format 20 × 5 ch × vol
- Total read 2h 40m approx
- Published Jan 2011 – Sep 2012
- Source Manga media type
- Ref. BS-M15161 catalog