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“Two troubled hostel residents—reclusive Akio and promiscuous Umi—form an unlikely friendship to confront their pasts.”
Qualia Under the Snow
雪の下のクオリア
7.57
2,791 rank · 12,616 readers · 202 favorites
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Slice of Life
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Synopsis
Two troubled hostel residents—reclusive Akio and promiscuous Umi—form an unlikely friendship to confront their pasts.
Akio and Umi live in the same student hostel. While Akio rather avoids other people, Umi frequently has one-night stands with men. Still, a kind of friendship develops between the two of them, as they need each other to deal with their pasts.
What people say
Community consensus
Derived from 6 sampled reviews
7.3
/10
What 6 readers settled on.
80%
recommend
Score distribution
median 7.5
mode 4
σ 1.97
Agreement
Polarized
σ 1.97 · split reception
The polarity gap
4.5 pts
Recommenders 8.5 · others 4.0
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Score over time
↓ 1.67
Running avg · Mar 2016 → Apr 2025
Snap verdicts
· shortest highly-rated reviews
- 9 “This is my first review on MAL, please be good to me! Yuki no Shita no Qualia deals with loss. How do you begin trusting other people, and let them in so you can build meaningful relationships,...”
- 8 “I never thought a wet pile of laundry, a father who bailed, and a random flower could stir up this much emotion, but Qualia Under the Snow proved me wrong in the best way possible. This...”
- 7 “Normally I don’t read this type of manga, but I tend to find that the best manga are the ones you haven’t read yet. On top of that, it is completely outside of my comfort zone, so it is nice to...”
Verbosity
Short · 50%
Medium · 33%
Long · 17%
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A Manga Publication
- Format 7 × 1 ch × vol
- Total read 0h 56m approx
- Published Jan 2014 – Jan 2016
- Source Manga media type
- Ref. BS-M31959 catalog