“Abandoned siblings trapped on sinister island school must escape teachers' dark plans with classmates.”
Hoozuki no Shima
鬼燈の島 -ホオズキノシマ-
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Synopsis
Abandoned siblings trapped on sinister island school must escape teachers' dark plans with classmates.
After being abandoned by their parents, Kokoro Suzuhara and his blind sister Yume are taken into custody and brought to the isolated Hoozuki Island, the location of their new home and school. However, a peaceful life is hardly what they find. Upon interacting with other children on the island, Kokoro discovers that they are all wary of their teachers, believing they have gathered them together for a sinister purpose. It is only after making a number of startling discoveries himself that Kokoro starts to believe their suspicions. With Yume's safety as his foremost priority, Kokoro bands together with his classmates to free themselves from their dangerous predicament, all the while unknowingly unleashing harrowing repercussions to all those involved.Included one-shot: Volume 2: Togabito (Criminal)
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Derived from 4 sampled reviews
What 4 readers settled on.
Strong agreement
σ 0.43 · scores cluster tight
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Not enough recommend signal yet
↓ 0.25
Running avg · Jul 2010 → Jan 2024
- 7 “This is my third review, but I'm still not very good at it. But this series is good enough to deserve a review so... Story: I liked it. It was pretty good, reminded me rather of Shutter Island...”
- 7 “Story:8 I found the concept of this story to be very interesting, and it had me hooked from the very beginning. I liked how they talked about by what means they must use to survive, and how they...”
- 7 “tl;dr: A manga focused solely on plot that has a good 'mystery’ but some ridiculous writing to write around inconsistencies and not that great of an ending. This manga is one about a small group...”
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A Manga Publication
- Format 30 × 4 ch × vol
- Total read 4h 00m approx
- Published Dec 2007 – Jul 2009
- Source Manga media type
- Ref. BS-M4133 catalog