“Children with fatal disease Morte face inevitable suicide. At orphanage Doceo and foster home Gratia, dark secrets emerge beyond the illness itself.”
Morte
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Synopsis
Children with fatal disease Morte face inevitable suicide. At orphanage Doceo and foster home Gratia, dark secrets emerge beyond the illness itself.
To die by their own hand is the fate of the children inflicted with Morte. This rare disease does not discriminate based on class or country; it draws the best and the worst out of those afflicted, ultimately compelling them to commit suicide in their youth. In a sinister orphanage known as Doceo, newcomer Sasha meets the beautiful Manon, a girl who frequently shows up covered in bruises. Convinced that the person responsible for these injuries is Manon's terrifying advisor, Doudou Claverie, Sasha devises a reckless plan to stop Doudou from ever coming near Manon again. Elsewhere, young and disillusioned writer Dante Caggiano finds himself working at Hotel Gratia, a cheerful foster home for children diagnosed with Morte. But when death finally comes to Gratia's halls, Dante cannot shake off the feeling that this may have nothing to do with the disease at all.
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σ 0.82 · scores cluster tight
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Running avg · Dec 2021 → Jul 2025
- 8 “(no spoilers) At the start of the story, we follow Sasha's point of view. It seems like a normal drama story at first, but when the point of view shifts to another character, that's when the story...”
- 9 “After reading The House in Fata Morgana, I looked up for another work by Hanada-sensei, and consequently I found out about this series of light novel called Morte. I’m wondering if outside Japan...”
- 7 “Honestly, I have no idea why even after years there is still no review around here of a work that has a lot to say. So here I am for the first one, and perhaps the only one, unfortunately. About...”
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A Light novel Publication
- Format 3 vol ch × vol
- Published Aug 2014 – Nov 2015
- Source Light novel media type
- Ref. BS-M30452 catalog