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Dead Word Puzzle
デッドワードパズル
3.89
22,384 rank · 1,336 readers · 0 favorites
Horror
Mystery
Supernatural
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Synopsis
A horrifying competition for survival between normal high school students soon becomes filled for blood, guts, and death!
What people say
Community consensus
Derived from 3 sampled reviews
3.3
/10
What 3 readers settled on.
33%
recommend
Score distribution
median 2
mode 2
σ 1.89
Agreement
Polarized
σ 1.89 · split reception
The polarity gap
4.0 pts
Recommenders 6.0 · others 2.0
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No
Score over time
↑ 1.33
Running avg · Jun 2021 → Mar 2024
Snap verdicts
· shortest highly-rated reviews
- 2 “I really appreciate the intriguing concept, which draws interesting parallels to series like GANTZ and As The Gods Will, and I recognize the potential for the art to reach a high level of quality....”
- 2 “There are absolutely no redeeming qualities to be found in this title. The story is entirely uninteresting, the characters are disposable cannon fodder, the protagonist is a pathetic knock-off of...”
- 6 “I unironically enjoyed this manga, finding the art and gore impressive while appreciating the familiar, insane character dynamics. While the story is admittedly cliché and suffers from a lack of...”
Verbosity
Short · 33%
Medium · 67%
Long · 0%
Read Order & Related
A self-contained story.
No sequels, spin-offs or alternate tellings — Dead Word Puzzle begins and ends here.
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A Manga Publication
- Format 4 × 1 ch × vol
- Total read 0h 32m approx
- Published Oct 2013 – Jan 2014
- Source Manga media type
- Ref. BS-M27089 catalog