“Maiko Ayame enters deadly Reverse Kyoto game, refusing to kill while striving to save everyone as a hero.”
:REverSAL
:REverSAL
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Synopsis
Maiko Ayame enters deadly Reverse Kyoto game, refusing to kill while striving to save everyone as a hero.
Kyoto native Ayame Matsuyuki genuinely enjoys her life as a maiko, training to be an elegant and refined geisha similar to her sister Maika. In spite of this, she also has a burning desire to be a hero of justice like the characters she sees on television. After saving a man being harassed by a dog, she picks up a strange game console that he leaves behind. The two meet again and the man, Takayuki, seems horrified to have the device handed back to him, urgently asking what the hour is. Suddenly, haunting lyrics to a nursery rhyme are heard, and the two find themselves in a place that in some ways is similar to the city they left behind—but in other ways, is eerily unfamiliar. The city "Reverse Kyoto" is populated by beings reminiscent of zombies. While a game is in progress, players can choose to fight, run, or die. Most players have banded together to decimate the monsters standing in their way, but Ayame rebels against the idea of killing to survive. "Going in is easy, but returning is scary." Despite her terror, can she save everyone just like a true hero would, without compromising her morals?
What people say
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Derived from 3 sampled reviews
What 3 readers settled on.
Strong agreement
σ 0.82 · scores cluster tight
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Not enough recommend signal yet
↑ 1.00
Running avg · May 2013 → Jul 2015
- 7 “One Line Summary: :Reversal is good manga if you want one with a strong female lead and a survival-horror story with an interesting set up. What is it about? There is a real world and a secret...”
- 8 “I randomly stumbled upon this manga and the art style, female main character and horror theme peaked my interest. Story: 7/10 On the one hand, the story is quite original. It takes elements from...”
- 6 “I randomly found this manga and didn't had high expectations from the start, but it was actually better than i thought it would be. Concept of the story is quite original, even a little funny:...”
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A Manga Publication
- Format 13 × 2 ch × vol
- Total read 1h 44m approx
- Published May 2011 – Apr 2013
- Source Manga media type
- Ref. BS-M18466 catalog