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“A guilt-ridden priest struggles to end his affair with a sadistic criminal whose murders escalate.”
MW
MW
7.73
1,837 rank · 10,509 readers · 165 favorites
Seinen
Psychological
Drama
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Synopsis
A guilt-ridden priest struggles to end his affair with a sadistic criminal whose murders escalate.
Gurai is a Japanese Catholic Priest, who is unable to give up his lifelong sexual relationship with Yuki, a beautiful and sadistic young master criminal. Yuki's malicious crimes have become more and more extreme over the years, claiming many innocent lives, and Gurai is tormented by guilt at his inability to stop them... (Source: ANN)
What people say
Community consensus
Derived from 8 sampled reviews
7.9
/10
What 8 readers settled on.
86%
recommend
Score distribution
median 8
mode 8
σ 1.69
Agreement
Mostly aligned
σ 1.69 · some divergence
The polarity gap
4.7 pts
Recommenders 8.7 · others 4.0
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Score over time
↓ 1.13
Running avg · Jan 2008 → Sep 2025
Snap verdicts
· shortest highly-rated reviews
- 8 “MW is a psychological thriller manga that probably gives us the most despicable villain of all time. This is definitely a manga that proves you don't need tons of blood and gore to have a good...”
- 8 “While seemingly a commentary about the American military presence in Japan, Tezuka's MW is a rather silly thriller, although refreshing in its unromantic focus on the sociopathic Yuki Michio. The...”
- 9 “I was certainly shocked upon reading MW. Reading Manga doesn't ussually disturb me, but MW did. So whats it all about? MW tells the story of Father Garai a catholic preist, and Yuki a serial...”
Verbosity
Short · 13%
Medium · 38%
Long · 50%
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A Manga Publication
- Format 26 × 3 ch × vol
- Total read 3h 28m approx
- Published Aug 1976 – Jan 1978
- Source Manga media type
- Ref. BS-M1507 catalog