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“In 2036 Japan, teen Eiji's childhood friend is taken by the oppressive adult party, awakening his hidden powers.”
U19
U19
5.8
21,968 rank · 3,624 readers · 2 favorites
Shounen
Super Power
Action
Drama
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Synopsis
In 2036 Japan, teen Eiji's childhood friend is taken by the oppressive adult party, awakening his hidden powers.
Year 2036, Japan is under the adult party power and make children's life miserable. But for "rebellious-edgy-teenager" Kudou Eiji, It doesn't matter because he has his childhood friend Akari to cheer up his everyday life. But then, one day adult party takes and transfers Akari to another school. It emotionally stress Eiji out...but little did he knew, this awakened some power inside him... Included one-shots: Volume 2: Elec Trick., Peach Pluck Volume 3: Baby Boo!, Garden
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Community consensus
Derived from 3 sampled reviews
8.0
/10
What 3 readers settled on.
100%
recommend
Score distribution
median 8
mode 7
σ 0.82
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Strong agreement
σ 0.82 · scores cluster tight
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Not enough recommend signal yet
Score over time
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Running avg · Feb 2017 → Aug 2017
Snap verdicts
· shortest highly-rated reviews
- 9 “This is a really good manga,i'm a sucker for a shonen romance manga and anime and this manga make my heart pump really fast which made me what to read on,it to bad that it only have 17 chapters and...”
- 7 “U19 is a series with a interesting premise, but it may end up becoming another generic shonen series. Initially, after reading the first chapter of the series, I was somewhat interested in the...”
- 8 “U19 is like shounen's first post-modern existential dystopian novel... but with art! It might be too early to write a review for this, as only the first chapter has been released; however, I...”
Verbosity
Short · 67%
Medium · 33%
Long · 0%
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A Manga Publication
- Format 21 × 3 ch × vol
- Total read 2h 48m approx
- Published Feb 2017 – Jun 2017
- Source Manga media type
- Ref. BS-M42329 catalog