Alternative TitlesEnglish: Love & Collage Synonyms: Love Collage, Aicolla, Aikora, Love&Collage Japanese: あいこら
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Type: Manga
Volumes: 12
Chapters: 119
Status: Finished
Published: 2005 to Feb 6, 2008
StatisticsScore: 7.931 (scored by 1441 users)
Ranked: #7142
Popularity: #204
Members: 2,545
Favorites: 140 1 indicates a weighted score
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SynopsisMaeda Hachibei is peculiar, because, when most males lusting after gorgeous females, he instead lusts after discrete parts. When he relocates to Tokyo to attend school, he finds himself living in a dormitory with five females, each possessing a distinct ideal physical trait he desires: gorgeous blue eyes, bullet-train breasts, a deep dulcet voice, and straight "anime-esque" legs. Can he manage to keep his wits when these women surround him? Although you would not be completely incorrect if you believe this is like Love Hina… Hachibei is no Keitaro. (Source: Musashi Quality) |
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radiantfire
41 of 54 people found this review helpful
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58 of 119 chapters read
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8 |
| Story |
7 |
| Art |
7 |
| Character |
8 |
| Enjoyment |
8 |
Hilarious Parts
by radiantfire
Context:
For this review, I'll be analysing Ai Kora. It is by Inoue Kazurou who is probably most known as the author of Midori no Hibi. At the time of this writing, I have read 58 chapters of this manga.
Story:
Ai Kora revolves around Hachibe Maeda and his endless attempts to glorify his favourite parts. It is a creative attempt on the world of fetishes and takes the notion of "objectifying women" to another level. Each chapter is episodic, in that, they often highlight a particular fetish being promoted. In this sense, those who enjoy short quick shots of romance and comedy will definitely enjoy this series.
Art:
The art is good and matches the general feel of the manga. I particularly enjoy the wacky facial impressions and surprisingly detailed backgrounds.
Character:
The characters are fun and unique. Hachibei's character design is very creative and the girls each has their own special charm. However, due to the episodic nature of the series, there is little character development. Nonetheless, the characters are enjoyable to follow.
Enjoyment:
Hilarious stories, comical art, and enjoyable characters makes Ai Kora a joy to read. However, the stories are quite predictable. Once you get the feel of the manga, you'll probably end up knowing how the chapter will turn out after reading a few pages. That's not to say that you won't continue enjoying it. Rather, the surprise aspect has been tarnished.
Conclusion
While a lack of plot and a repetitive aesthetic may turn people off, anyone who's up for some light romantic comedy should definitely check out Ai Kora. It's fun, comical, and at times, adorable. read more
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TomoyoSakagami
4 of 6 people found this review helpful
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92 of 119 chapters read
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| Overall |
7 |
| Story |
7 |
| Art |
7 |
| Character |
8 |
| Enjoyment |
7 |
• Ai Kora is a typical shounen ecchi like manga with an added touch of drama mixed into it. Typical is a word I use loosely though because the theme in this manga is "parts". Yes, you read correctly. I did say parts, the main protagonist has fetishes for parts of the female body whether they be curves, eyes, breasts, legs or even someone's voice. Now this ain't an ordinary setting but by typical I mean that it has your cliche scenes which are common in all ecchi manga. What makes this different though is the level of drama and comedy mixed into it.
This manga can get pretty boring at times in any case for a shounen series which isn't telling a certain arc. Though once you come to a certain arc in this, it gets very interesting. All the characters are unique, in which they have to be because of the parts but their personalities are great as well. The fact like any harem-like setting you have many girls to pick from so you won't get bored and thus the author has alot to work with. It's just some things are overdone and it seems the author was running out of material near the end because the same things repeated but in a different setting.
Nevertheless this is a very intriguing manga with comedy filled romance and a decent amount of ecchi. In my opinion for those who want to read it, they should. For those who hate typical harem like themes, you shouldn't read it. I rate this manga a 7. read more
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Same "Boy living in Girls' Dorm" scenario. You won't be disappointed if you liked the other one as well.
Both protagonists are in essentially identical situations, where the main character are nearly clones of their counterparts in the series. They have the same behaviour, reactions, and similar appearance to the character(s) in the other series. Love Hina is probably more ecchi, but that's not saying Ai Kora isn't ecchi at all.
While Keitaro is often accused of being a pervert due to clumsy accidents and bad luck, Hachibei is the exact opposite: he's a bona fide pervert. This "Parts-lover" ends up, like Keitaro, at a girl's dormitory, with each of the girls there possessing one of his ideal parts. Hilarity ensues.
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Both of them have similar humour, romance, guy wid many girls sort of style
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