“12 diary-keepers battle to the death for godhood, led by timid Yukiteru and his obsessed stalker Yuno.”
Future Diary
未来日記
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Synopsis
12 diary-keepers battle to the death for godhood, led by timid Yukiteru and his obsessed stalker Yuno.
The reclusive middle school student Yukiteru Amano finds himself whisked into a fierce game of survival by the god of space and time, Deus Ex Machina, in which the victor shall inherit Deus' unlimited power. All 12 contestants, including Amano, are composed of people who regularly keep diaries, but there is a twist: each person's diary has been turned into a "Future Diary," making it capable of telling the future to various degrees. Amano possesses a "Random Diary" on his cellphone, which gives him accurate descriptions of his surroundings. He is reluctant to fight but his desperation to survive leads to him teaming up with fellow classmate and diary holder Yuno Gasai, an attractive girl who has a strange obsession with Amano. But as this bloody battle royale plays out, shocking revelations are brought to light, changing the very nature of this twisted game.
What people say
Community consensus
Derived from 28 sampled reviews
What 28 readers settled on.
Polarized
σ 2.71 · split reception
6.9 pts
Recommenders 9.2 · others 2.3
↓ 2.68
Running avg · Feb 2008 → Jan 2024
- 9 “well this manga was pretty much IT. the story was unique and it was really like going into a climax and anti climax over and over again. the only reason i gave it that score was because it was...”
- 8 “Y'know? The story and overall idea of this manga's story is very cool and interesting but I just can;t stand the psycho and yandere characters. They just went way overboard crazy and I wasn;t able...”
- 10 “the 2 main characters are yuki and yuno. the plot is about diaries (usually in the form of hand phones) which can tell the future with each having its own special functions (e.g. yuki can predict...”
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A Manga Publication
- Format 59 × 12 ch × vol
- Total read 7h 52m approx
- Published Jan 2006 – Dec 2010
- Source Manga media type
- Ref. BS-M0559 catalog