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“Chiko and Bando race one night to prevent mysterious suicides after receiving a frantic cell-phone call.”
Line
ライン
6.5
17,989 rank · 3,732 readers · 16 favorites
Shounen
Psychological
Drama
Suspense
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Synopsis
Chiko and Bando race one night to prevent mysterious suicides after receiving a frantic cell-phone call.
Normal. Carefree. That was Chiko's life before the day she found the cell phone. Before the voice on the other end said she had scant minutes to save the life of someone she'd never met. Now, accompanied by her classmate, Bando, Chiko has just one night to stop a series of gruesome suicides before they can occur.
What people say
Community consensus
Derived from 4 sampled reviews
7.5
/10
What 4 readers settled on.
100%
recommend
Score distribution
median 7.5
mode 5
σ 1.80
Agreement
Polarized
σ 1.80 · split reception
The polarity gap
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Not enough recommend signal yet
Score over time
↑ 0.50
Running avg · Feb 2012 → May 2020
Snap verdicts
· shortest highly-rated reviews
- 10 “Line is a short manga, with a simple but fascinating idea. A bunch of suicidial persons putting their life in the hand of a normal schoolgirl. The only connection between the girl and the guy who...”
- 8 “Line is a manga written by Yua Kotegawa and following school student Chiko as she finds a cellphone. Tormented by someone on the end of the line, Chiko is sent on a mission around her city to save...”
- 7 “"A single cell phone. That's all it took... to drop me into a deep, dark hole." At only a single volume, Line has a limited space to fit its ambitious concept into. What results is a fast-paced,...”
Verbosity
Short · 50%
Medium · 25%
Long · 25%
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A Manga Publication
- Format 4 × 1 ch × vol
- Total read 0h 32m approx
- Published Jun 2003 – Sep 2003
- Source Manga media type
- Ref. BS-M2582 catalog