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Alexandrite

Description

This story is a spinoff from Narita Minako-sensei's own series "Cipher" where Siva's friend Alex Levine is now the main character. Ever since Alex was young, he has harbored a complex about his extremely pretty face. People are always comparing him to a girl, so to combat this image, he has thrown himself into practicing martial arts. One day, though, he is scouted by someone to become a fashion model and thus begins Alex's tale of growth and romance!

Type

Manga

Related Series

Cipher (Adapted From)

Associated Names

アレクザンドライト
青春蜜语

Groups Scanlating

Doko Demo Doa Manga Scanlations
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Latest Release(s)

v.7 c.10-11 (end) by Doko Demo Doa Manga Scanlations (1114d ago)
v.6 c.8b-9c by Doko Demo Doa Manga Scanlations (1115d ago)
v.5 c.6e-8a by Doko Demo Doa Manga Scanlations (1116d ago)
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Status in Country of Origin

7 Volumes (Tankoubon - Complete)
4 Volumes (Bunkoban - Complete)

Completely Scanlated?

Yes

Anime Start/End Chapter

N/A

User Reviews

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User Rating

Average: 8.3 / 10.0 (63 votes)
Bayesian Average: 7.86 / 10.0

10	29% (18 votes)
9+	27% (17 votes)
8+	19% (12 votes)
7+	14% (9 votes)
6+	3% (2 votes)
5+	3% (2 votes)
4+	2% (1 votes)
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1+	3% (2 votes)

Last Updated

January 13th 2012, 10:15am PST

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Genre

Comedy Drama Romance School Life Shoujo Slice of Life
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Author(s)

NARITA Minako

Artist(s)

NARITA Minako

Year

1991

Original Publisher

Hakusensha

Serialized In (magazine)

LaLa (Hakusensha)

Licensed (in English)

English Publisher

N/A

Activity Stats (vs. other series)

Weekly Pos #988 increased

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Monthly Pos #1646 increased

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3 Month Pos #2797 decreased

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6 Month Pos #2908 increased

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List Stats

On 124 reading lists
On 296 wish lists
On 227 completed lists
On 20 unfinished lists
On 142 custom lists

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	a different kind of shoujo
	Rating: 9.8 / 10.0 by cliff June 10th, 2008, 1:36pm
It's really natural and the characters seem real. The heroine, Ambrosia, is not the typical weak crying heroine. She's strong and love playing drums as well as dressing up and being pretty at the same time. One of my favorites. I keep all of my Alexandrite inside my "treasure box" so I can read it again and again lol

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	I have read manga for 26 years...
	Rating: 9.0 / 10.0 by Vingrand Peacefolk September 11th, 2011, 11:11am
I am 32 years old now. And this manga be ranked the 8th place in my favorite list. Maybe it's because of my age, so I don't like some garbage manga, not real enough, or some of which characters are not developed well, or some can't bring readers into them. I also like other manga of this author. Like Cipher and Natural. Although Alexandrite is the sequel of Cipher, but I like this manga Alexandrite more, and I also give it more credit. As you can see, an author's drawing style and plot developing skill will evolve. I don't recommend the author's manga prior to Cipher, because there is a huge gap in the drawing style and I just don't like the it. And I think her drawing even improves a little in Alexandrite than Cipher, in a more touching way to express the scenery. Natural is also good. But I don't recommend Hana Yori mo Hana no Gotoku, because the story just is too prosaic for me. There is a small portion of the character's lines in the translation isn't good enough, not a faithful trainslation for the original lines. In a small portion, the character's line just change into the other easy wording not according to the original. Although this problem seems not to interfere the reading, but you will not know some interesting lines, expression or humor compared to the original lines. Like in volume 6, Alex tries to persuade Ambrosia to do sex, and he tries to be kidding by using his hands as a gesture to do hypnotism. I think the dialogue may transfer into "See? You're also want to do it now." But the translator renew the dialogue as "See?You're gonna hit me now, aren't you?". And some the other small places of the translation just has the same problem. I think the reason may be that the translator is too young or he lacks a sense of Japanese/Asia humor. ... Last updated on September 12th, 2011, 7:00am

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	:)
	Rating: 10.0 / 10.0 by MoJo April 20th, 2011, 7:09am
Really a slice of life. Reading this manga was like taking a nostalgic trip to my childhood. The issues of the late 80's and early 90's like the AIDs fundraiser and the like, the lack of cell phones, answering machines, etc. I love the scavenger hunt the Columbia students did, now a days all that running around would never happen, they would just Google 90% of it. The characters are all so real and likeable. The story was interesting and heartwarming.