Nine Puzzle

Description

Mika is a regular girl who just goes day to day without any concrete dreams for her future. Until one day, when she sees her classmate Kaede playing pool in a billiards lounge. Kaede is a boy who hides many secrets... whose personality seems to change when he plays billiards. Entranced by the smile Kaede wears when he plays, Mika soon finds herself immersed in the game...!

Also contains the following short stories:

• Platinum in vol. 1
• Ichigo Namida (Strawberry Tears) in vol.2
• Wakasama no Jijou (The Youth's Circumstance) in vol. 2

Type

Manga

Related Series

N/A

Associated Names

Ichigo Namida

Nain Pazuru

Platinum (SAKAI Mayu)

Strawberry Tears

The Young Master's Situation

The Youth's Circumstance

Waka-sama no Jijou

Wakasama no Jijou

Wakasama no Jijuo

ナインパズル

撞球宝贝

若サマの事情

Groups Scanlating

A Willful Muse

ShoujoMagic

Latest Release(s)

v.2 c.Extra 2 (end) by A Willful Muse 15 years ago

v.2 c.5 by ShoujoMagic 16 years ago

v.2 c.Side Story 1 - Ichigo Namida by A Willful Muse 17 years ago

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Status in Country of Origin

2 Volumes (Complete)

Completely Scanlated?

Yes

Anime Start/End Chapter

N/A

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User Rating

Average: 7.4 / 10.0 (260 votes)

Bayesian Average: 7.29 / 10.0

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Last Updated

June 12th, 2024 3:23pm PDT - 11 months ago

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Genre

Romance School Life Shoujo Sports
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Recommendations

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Author(s)

Sakai Mayu

Artist(s)

SAKAI Mayu

Year

2002

Original Publisher

Shueisha

Serialized In (magazine)

Ribon (Shueisha)

Licensed (in English)

English Publisher

N/A

Activity Stats (vs. other series)

Weekly Pos #759

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Monthly Pos #1725

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3 Month Pos #2279

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6 Month Pos #4647

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Year Pos #7335

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No what you may expect

by YuriTachikawa
5 years ago

Rating: 6.0 / 10.0

This was her try at a coming-of-age story, I guess? It started out good the first volume, but it felt like the resolve just vanished after that. The conclusion was unsatisfying and problems that were portrayed first, dissolved too easily. Also don't expect any romance, I can't really say this a story about friendship either, LMAO.

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Disapointing

by jeffreymgibson
12 years ago

Rating: N/A

I was looking for a short romance and the description sounded good. I get tired of all these mangas that are listed as romance but they end up with no romance at all. This is about a popular girl who starts playing pool with an anti social male and they become best friends. Thats about all there is too it. I thought it would lead to romance, but it's about friends ship and playing pool. It's wasn't very interesting at all.

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hmm

by lily_kitty15
15 years ago

Rating: 7.0 / 10.0

i agree there was nothing to call and ending to it story started out grate and was up to like 1 volume, the rest turned out to be only sides stories in volume 2!

and here i thought it was going to be something good.

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Not the Best

by xfrommetoyou
16 years ago

Rating: 5.0 / 10.0

It's a quick and short read that would be recommended to those who have time to kill.
The plot seemed rather... incomplete. There wasn't much of a complication nor a resolution, and that was the downfall of the manga.
A cute and fluffy read - best for shoujo lovers or those generally a fan of Sakai Mayu's works.
The art is quite good, although not developed as her later works.

--completed the series

... Last updated 16 years ago

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Meh

by Starkick
16 years ago

Rating: 5.0 / 10.0

It was good, but the ending was disappointing. You can't even really call that a final chapter - it didn't have an 'ending' feel to it at all. I felt like the mangaka just got bored and decided, "Hey, you know what? I don't feel like making another chapter. I know! I'll just do a bunch of side-stories instead!

When almost half of the manga is side-stories and oneshots, you know it can't be very good.

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Not That Great

by Kittenn1011
17 years ago

Rating: 2.0 / 10.0

I won't go and say that it's a waste of time... but it wasn't great at all. The artwork was cute, and so were the characters, but there was no plot. I found no point to the story, and no romance to back up the plotless-ness.

It's cute, though in a pathetic way. Not really a manga worth going crazy over. I'm giving it a two for the artwork alone.

-Kittenn1011

... Last updated 17 years ago

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Skip it.

by Twilight_Moon
17 years ago

Rating: 5.0 / 10.0

The art's cute. It shows billards. Those are probably the only redeeming qualities of the manga. Sure some nice shoujo fluff. But it's nothing new. It'll just end up in a pile of all the finished typical shoujo manga on my complete list... Just skip it. It's not worth your time..

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love ds

by dane_mangamanic
17 years ago

Rating: 10.0 / 10.0

waaaaaah
i love the story and the characters..
BUT it the ending is.. urg!

i love to see the romance part!!!!!!!! NOOOO!!!!!!!!
huhu
my expectations..

but seriously it is good, funny, enjoyable and can't take ur eyes off the manga!
hehe..
I LOVE KAEDE!!! i hope they wud have a sequel
well, they are middle school in ds manga anywayz,, ^^

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hungry

by Licia Valentine
17 years ago

Rating: N/A

Hmmm... yet another story that deserves a review. There is so little romance in this title, makes one wonder, "Is this really a shoujo?!" This is my first try on Sakai-sensei's work and... I am not planning on reading more of that at the moment. felt... a hunger for romance. This is the first time among the shoujo mangas I've read though.... Ah~ I hope she try her best!

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not the best

by Xuan
18 years ago

Rating: 7.5 / 10.0

its not a manga that you would get interested in but the art is really great. its not a fast paced plot and there's no antagonist. its basically one of those happy-go-lucky mangas. again the art is great <---deserves 5/6 of my rating

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