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“Destructive boy Ruka aims to become revered Minea in poisoned mining town Elza, watched by Shella.”
Metallica Metalluca
メタリカメタルカ
6.26
20,347 rank · 3,017 readers · 7 favorites
Shounen
Action
Adventure
Comedy
Fantasy
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Synopsis
Destructive boy Ruka aims to become revered Minea in poisoned mining town Elza, watched by Shella.
In a world where rare metals drive the economy, "Minea", the people who seek out these metals at the risk of their own life, are highly respected. A strange boy called Ruka has wandered destructively into the failing town of Elza, declaring that his goal is to be a Minea! He ends up under the surveillance of a village girl, Shella, whose little brother is sick from a poison gas accident in the town's now-closed mine. But there may be more to this situation than meets the eye! Will Ruka be able to help his new friends, and maybe one day become a legendary Minea? (Source: MU) Included one-shots: Volume 1: Metallica Metalluca (2nd pilot) Volume 2: Metallica Metalluca (1st pilot) Volume 3: Juuoumujin
What people say
Community consensus
Derived from 3 sampled reviews
5.0
/10
What 3 readers settled on.
33%
recommend
Score distribution
median 4
mode 4
σ 1.41
Agreement
Mostly aligned
σ 1.41 · some divergence
The polarity gap
3.0 pts
Recommenders 7.0 · others 4.0
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Score over time
↑ 1.00
Running avg · Jun 2010 → Aug 2017
Snap verdicts
· shortest highly-rated reviews
- 7 “I liked the manga to be honest. I'm not the kinda guy to get that turned off of cliches. It looked like it had the potential to take off, but WSJ isn't exactly a place where sub-par manga gets a...”
- 4 “With this manga being canceled, I found it fitting to rewrite my review. Metallica Metalluca had good promise. It never reached it's potential. The art is what you'd expect from a shonen manga....”
- 4 “Metallica Metalluca (or as I like to call it "The Thing That Should Not Be") is a shounen manga by amateur mangaka Teruaki Mizuno. It was the mangaka's first published work that he released in...”
Verbosity
Short · 67%
Medium · 33%
Long · 0%
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A Manga Publication
- Format 20 × 3 ch × vol
- Total read 2h 40m approx
- Published May 2010 – Sep 2010
- Source Manga media type
- Ref. BS-M12567 catalog