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“Two detectives investigate a family's disappearance in idyllic Soil New Town, uncovering a deadly, complex mystery.”
Soil
SOIL
7.51
3,195 rank · 7,941 readers · 121 favorites
Seinen
Detective
Mystery
Supernatural
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Synopsis
Two detectives investigate a family's disappearance in idyllic Soil New Town, uncovering a deadly, complex mystery.
Something strange is going on in "Soil New Town." The sudden disappearance of a seemingly normal family leads the two detectives Yokoi and Onoda to the idyllic town in the middle of nowhere. What looks like a routine case at first quickly turns into a complex and deadly riddle where nothing is what it seems to be. Will the two desperate investigators manage to solve the mystery before it's too late? (Source: MU)
What people say
Community consensus
Derived from 8 sampled reviews
6.1
/10
What 8 readers settled on.
60%
recommend
Score distribution
median 6.5
mode 7
σ 2.03
Agreement
Polarized
σ 2.03 · split reception
The polarity gap
4.5 pts
Recommenders 8.0 · others 3.5
Yes
No
Score over time
↑ 1.13
Running avg · May 2012 → Jan 2025
Snap verdicts
· shortest highly-rated reviews
- 7 “This is approaching Uzumaki in term of quality. The mystery keeps bigger and bigger, and eventually reaches an unorthodox conclusion. There are two issues with this manga, however. First, the...”
- 7 “Soil is brilliant but I hated reading it. It's one of those mystery stories that takes two completes to appreciate. The first time you'll be thoroughly confused, and the second time you'll see how...”
- 10 “SOIL Author: Kaneko Atsushi “This person loves me too much” “The insane here is you” “Self consciousness only contradicted her existence, reality, and time broke her” “Why…?” Craziness. Insanity....”
Verbosity
Short · 13%
Medium · 50%
Long · 38%
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A Manga Publication
- Format 90 × 11 ch × vol
- Total read 12h 00m approx
- Published Mar 2004 – Nov 2010
- Source Manga media type
- Ref. BS-M5156 catalog