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“Japanese ER doctor faces deadly influenza outbreak causing rapid multiple-organ failure and rising death toll.”
Kansen Rettou
感染列島
6.5
17,873 rank · 4,097 readers · 12 favorites
Seinen
Medical
Psychological
Drama
Horror
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Synopsis
Japanese ER doctor faces deadly influenza outbreak causing rapid multiple-organ failure and rising death toll.
On January 3, 2011, ER doctor Matsuoka Tsuyoshi examines a patient presenting influenza symptoms. The next day, the patient dies from multiple-organ failure, followed by others who had shown the same symptoms. As the death toll rises, even the high-tech Japanese are at a loss over how to check the further spread of the deadly virus.
What people say
Community consensus
Derived from 5 sampled reviews
4.8
/10
What 5 readers settled on.
0%
recommend
Score distribution
median 5
mode 6
σ 1.17
Agreement
Mostly aligned
σ 1.17 · some divergence
The polarity gap
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Not enough recommend signal yet
Score over time
↓ 1.20
Running avg · Jul 2012 → Jan 2026
Snap verdicts
· shortest highly-rated reviews
- 6 “The art is truly brilliant, with detailed frames that effectively capture both gruesome and beautiful moments, alongside a few scenes that offer minor emotional impact. Unfortunately, the story is...”
- 4 “While the premise of a plausible super-virus outbreak is intriguing and avoids the sheer stupidity found in *Emerging*, the execution ultimately falls flat. The restrictive one-volume format...”
- 3 “The art remains the work's strongest asset, maintaining a high level of illustration despite the manga's other flaws. However, the reliance on cheap melodrama, illogical characters, and a...”
Verbosity
Short · 20%
Medium · 60%
Long · 20%
Read Order & Related
A self-contained story.
No sequels, spin-offs or alternate tellings — Kansen Rettou begins and ends here.
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A Manga Publication
- Format 7 × 1 ch × vol
- Total read 0h 56m approx
- Published Jan 2008 – ongoing
- Source Manga media type
- Ref. BS-M11057 catalog