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Kirara

Alternative Titles

Synonyms: Kanojo no Angle, Kanojo no Photo Kiss, Konna Koto ga Attemo Iiyou na Hibi
Japanese: KIRARA
English: Kirara
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Information

Type: Manga
Volumes: 6
Chapters: 43
Status: Finished
Published: 1992 to 1997
Genres: Comedy Comedy, Romance Romance, Supernatural Supernatural, Ecchi Ecchi
Demographic: Seinen Seinen
Serialization: Young Jump
Authors: Yui, Toshiki (Story & Art)

Statistics

Score: 6.441 (scored by 762762 users)
1 indicates a weighted score.
Ranked: #168732
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Popularity: #9516
Members: 2,001
Favorites: 8

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Volumes: /6
Chapters: /43

Synopsis

Twenty-four-year-old Kirara is on her way to her wedding when she is killed in a car accident. However her love for her fiancé is so strong that she is permitted to return to earth as a ghost to see him. But she is sent back 8 years in time, to when she and her fiancé first met. However her own meddling in the past may make her 16 year-old-self turn away from her would-be fiancé.

Included one-shots:
Volume 4: Kanojo no Angle, Kanojo no Photo Kiss
Volume 5: Konna Koto ga Attemo Iiyou na Hibi

Characters

Amy
Supporting
Oshihara, Arthur
Supporting
Asai, Mother
Supporting
Asai, Father
Supporting

Reviews

Oct 20, 2018
Mixed Feelings
This manga, like it seems a lot of manga has interesting concepts, but ultimately the implementation felt like a mess. I like the concept of a ghost coming back in time and how that could interfere with the development of a relationship, and furthermore where such a plot could lead. I also found it interesting how the characters of the past and future version were so different, and thought that that was a good set up for solid character growth. However, as it went on, none of this was materialized on. The rules and mechanics of being a ghost and everything surrounding that were arbitrary, ...
Nov 4, 2015
Mixed Feelings
Preliminary (40/43 eps)
The easiest way to sum up "Kirara" is that it's a rom-com that consists of "Ghost Kirara" being deredere and throwing herself at Konpei while "Highschool Kirara" is tsundere and punishes Konpei for what the "Ghost Kirara" does to him. Of course, Konpei being a typical manga protagonist is too weak-willed and spineless to resolve the situation.

Add on to this a completely incomprehensible logic behind Kirara's "ghost state" as well as a cast of confusing characters that exist only to complicate the story and you have at best, a very mediocre manga.

The art, while dated, isn't particularly bad and there is a large amount of ...

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