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“Seaplane courier Mikura and cat Endeavor seek a mysterious, moving island after her grandfather's death.”
Wandering Island
冒険エレキテ島
7.45
3,715 rank · 8,179 readers · 53 favorites
Seinen
Mystery
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Synopsis
Seaplane courier Mikura and cat Endeavor seek a mysterious, moving island after her grandfather's death.
After her grandfather's death, Mikura chose to continue their island express courier service. With her seaplane and her adventurous cat, Endeavor, she lives life as she chooses. Soon, Mikura becomes very interested in a mysterious island that seems to move around, according to local legend. After some extensive effort to determine the island's whereabouts, she manages to get a brief glimpse of it from the sky. Now that she knows it's real, she's determined to find the island again, no matter what it takes! (Source: MangaHelpers)
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Community consensus
Derived from 3 sampled reviews
8.7
/10
What 3 readers settled on.
100%
recommend
Score distribution
median 9
mode 9
σ 0.47
Agreement
Strong agreement
σ 0.47 · scores cluster tight
The polarity gap
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Not enough recommend signal yet
Score over time
↓ 0.33
Running avg · May 2018 → Jun 2021
Snap verdicts
· shortest highly-rated reviews
- 9 “Short version: Tsuruta's rough-looking art is absolutely beautiful, and more than makes up for the slow and sometimes complete lack of story. Buy the physical release to get the best experience!...”
- 8 “As of this review, Wandering Island has 2 volumes officially released. It didn't seem to have any new updates so I might as well say something now. Wandering Island is a story revolving around...”
- 9 “Tsuruta Kenji’s paramount best work by far! When people say "a picture can tell 1000 words," it's art like this they’re referring to, and as dramatic as that sounds, I don’t think another manga has...”
Verbosity
Short · 0%
Medium · 67%
Long · 33%
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A Manga Publication
- Published Jul 2010 – ongoing
- Source Manga media type
- Ref. BS-M17975 catalog