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Description
Matataki is a high-school student who enjoys photography. One day, he finds out that he can see the future when he looks through the viewfinder of his camera upon seeing the girl he likes, Mirai, kissing a stranger under a bell that is rumored to bring two people together for eternity...

Type
Manga

Related Series
N/A

Associated Names
ゼラチンボーイ
銀塩少年
银盐少年
Gelatin Boy
Images of You

Groups Scanlating
Black Wing

Latest Release(s)
v.4 c.20 (end) by Black Wing (868d ago)
v.4 c.19 by Black Wing (869d ago)
v.4 c.18 by Black Wing (870d ago)
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Status in Country of Origin
4 Volumes (Complete)

Completely Scanlated?
Yes

Anime Start/End Chapter
N/A

User Reviews
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Forum
1 topics, 3 posts
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User Rating
Average: 7.7 / 10.0 (256 votes)
Bayesian Average: 7.63 / 10.0
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Last Updated
March 18th 2012, 5:30am PST

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Genre
Drama  Romance  School Life  Shounen  Slice of Life  Supernatural 
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Author(s)
GOTOU Junpei

Artist(s)
GOTOU Junpei

Year
2009

Original Publisher
Shogakukan

Serialized In (magazine)
Shounen Sunday S (Shogakukan)

Licensed (in English)
No

English Publisher
N/A

Activity Stats (vs. other series)
Weekly Pos #1179 increased(+86)
Monthly Pos #1820 increased(+713)
3 Month Pos #2838 increased(+80)
6 Month Pos #3378 increased(+343)

List Stats
On 466 reading lists
On 360 wish lists
On 795 completed lists
On 13 unfinished lists
On 112 custom lists

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Forum Posts
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 Not really that Good   
Rating: 5.6 / 10.0
by bull3thole
May 9th, 2012, 9:29pm
I thought that the manga was going to be good but I was wrong. Like most of the people said, the main character frustrates you on so many levels. He one of those annoying wimpy protagonist that cries and doesn't know what to do. He doesn't think and is so indecisive. I think I got it right since I finished this manga while ago.

There is no character development whatsoever. The ending is expected and there is nothing special about this manga.

Overall read it if you want to cross out another manga off your list. I'm just glad that I got to put this manga on my completed list so I don't have to read this again.
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 Good Read   
Rating: 10.0 / 10.0
by dave1991
June 2nd, 2011, 10:32pm
At first, I was quite hesitant in reading this because I find the artwork unappealing but then as I read through the series the artwork grew on me. As for the story, though it was like your typical romance where the boy will do anything for the girl she loves vice-versa, it still touched me.
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 Nice Artwork, but...   
Rating: 3.0 / 10.0
by merlockmagus
May 1st, 2011, 7:30pm
There are way too many misunderstandings and hesitant feelings. Matataki believes in his future shots without trying to change them -- but if that was the case, why does he go through everything for?
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 A Romantic Illusion from the Author   
Rating: 6.5 / 10.0
by Lecros
January 26th, 2011, 7:52pm
I've written a long story but after I added my rating I didnt add the comment yet and lost it.

My main point is if you start to think about what happens in the story youll slowly get irritaded if not you'll love it. over time the rating I wanted to give this series kept decreasing and stopped at little above passing marks because I find it admirable how the story induces emotions.
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 Original and Amazing   
Rating: 10.0 / 10.0
by france
January 7th, 2011, 10:22pm
Well, at first, the art bothered me a little but that went away fairly quick. The concept is original and it's concept sort of reminds me of Mirai Nikki but in a romance genre. For me, I find it to be a fantastic romance with an ending that I think most people would enjoy. At times where the protagonist makes bad decisions, I think if he made good decisions, the story would have been bland. The characters are really well defined and there is plenty of character development. In terms of length, I think this is one series that I enjoyed the most because it emitted emotions without the whole crazy 20 volume plot length. The whole thing wasn't difficult to understand either. I don't recommend it to people who enjoy tons of fanservice and people who prefer an in-depth relationship building. I recommend it for people who enjoy the slice of life + romance genre and people who are willing to kill time for a good story. I pretty much read the entire series in 1 day and I thought it was excellent.
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 ...   
Rating: 4.0 / 10.0
by Aikanaro
January 7th, 2011, 6:59am
I liked it at first. It did feel somehow refreshing. But goddammit - there's only so much stupidity I can take from protagonists before I start to hate them. They belong together because they're just such vacuous people.
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 hrm   
Rating: 6.0 / 10.0
by ApexPredator
January 7th, 2011, 12:07am
Almost completely agree with panos.
Spoiler (highlight to view)
Protagonist spends the majority of the manga depressed due to his love interest dating a guy she apparently doesn't even love. It's as if the whole point of the manga is the "chase" which goes nowhere. Hell even in the final chapter the love interest agrees to marry the other guy for idiotic beliefs. And no, the ending doesn't make up for the stupidity of the female lead or the journey and tribulations the protagonist faced. So if you get anything from this manga, it'll be to steal someone's girlfriend while having full confidence in yourself that you'll make her happy or something. (or you won't get anything but depressed)
But the artwork isn't so bad and the author clearly wanted readers to sympathize with the protagonist and made the story in such a way that they could really get a grip on readers emotions with it. So pretty strong with story telling but the story itself...yeah that's where the spoiler comes in. Giving it a 6 due to what was previously mentioned and like panos said, what character development??, if someone finds it let me know LOL JK!

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 Meh...   
Rating: 2.0 / 10.0
by panos
January 5th, 2011, 7:24pm
Character development in this shounen gets a big round zero.Shallow,indecisive,plain stupid,immature,dreamer and many more that will make you rage rather than enjoy the story.
Art average.Not bad but not sth exceptional either.I don't care much about artwork anyway so it wouldn't bother me even if it was worse.
Story,had potential in the beginning.But what can the story do alone since the characters in it are pathetic.
Not to mention that if the ending had taken a turn for the worse this would be practically considered ntr,and i mean the worst kind.As someone said,anything worse than a ntr is a stupid girl.She could become best friends with Aka from REC,they are both shallow.
Definitely sth more appropriate for younger audience...

... Last updated on January 26th, 2011, 8:41am
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 Better than I expected   
Rating: 10.0 / 10.0
by treetrunkyyy
October 28th, 2010, 5:13am
wow, the artwork is ok, feels a little bit like Tokikake, but still better than a number of other mangas out there. But the story is AMAZING, knowing that the girl you like is going to end up with some other guy and you can''t do anything about it? I think Goutou Junpei just came up with the most original idea ever.
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 i miss the good ol' youth   
Rating: N/A
by purelora
September 26th, 2010, 9:55am
the artwork is so-so if not below average, there are lots of weird poses & drawing mistakes.
but the storyline, now the storyline is oh-soooo-refreshing! (or I haven't read enough love manga) kind of remind me of I's.
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